OpenAI’s App Store Moment Highlights the Shifting Nature of the Digital Marketplace
OpenAI’s recent announcement that developers could now build and publish apps directly inside ChatGPT became another clear sign of how quickly digital markets evolve. At its DevDay 2025 event, the company revealed a new Apps SDK that lets partners like Canva, Coursera, and Zillow create interactive apps inside ChatGPT. With more than 800 million weekly users, ChatGPT is quickly becoming a new distribution channel in the app economy. Digital markets are fast-changing and the boundaries, and contours of software [...]
When Regulators Undermine Their Own Consumer Protection Goals
Recent scrutiny of digital platforms’ practices in the European Union has resurfaced a persistent tension: how can governments impose sweeping open access mandates on digital platforms while simultaneously allowing for the proactive gating measures necessary to detect, prevent, and remedy online scams and fraud? Meanwhile, the emergence of particularly troubling details around seemingly simple social engineering attacks is intensifying the need for policymakers in the European Union to adequately answer the consumer protection question. Certainly, they would say that [...]
ACT Fights Back Against Digital Trade Barriers Around the World
Just before Halloween, ACT | The App Association filed extensive comments with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as the agency prepares its annual edition of the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report) for Congress. Every year, USTR publishes a new NTE Report identifying laws and policies of countries around the world that act as significant barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services or U.S. foreign direct investment. And every year, ACT makes sure [...]
Always Be Filing: ACT Filing Activity October 2025
Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive or negative impact on our small business members driving the app economy. Below is a roundup of our filings from around the globe this past month. Title: Comments of ACT | The [...]
ACT | The App Association Statement on Announced Proposal by Epic Games and Google
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the joint filing for modification of the injunction in Epic Games INC v. Google LLC et al, Morgan Reed, president of ACT | The App Association issued the following statement: “While we still have concerns with the jury’s verdict in the case, the proposed injunction modifications seem to address one of the core objections that our members have consistently raised, namely the forced access to their intellectual property by any third-party app store [...]