Apple’s Grip on App Store Challenged by Senate Bill Action
- Judiciary Committee approved bill that would allow sideloading
- Developers pushed to loosen Google, Apple app store duoploy
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation that, if passed into law, would force Apple Inc. to let users install apps from outside of the App Store.
The bipartisan 21-1 vote is a strong endorsement for the bill from Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal, Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar, Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn and eight other cosponsors, but it still faces a long road to get a vote in the full Senate.