- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 7
- Latest action
- May 6, 2025
What it does
The App Store Freedom Act would prohibit unfair or deceptive practices by large app store operators, requiring them to allow users to choose third-party apps or app stores as defaults, install apps outside their store, and delete pre-installed apps. It would also bar covered companies—defined as those controlling an app store with over 100 million U.S. users and its underlying operating system—from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems, imposing pricing parity requirements, retaliating against developers for offering alternative terms, or using nonpublic business information to compete with those developers. Enforcement would be led by the Federal Trade Commission, which…
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