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Tom Pritchard

New US bill could cause some serious cracks in Apple's walled garden — and allow third-party app stores

IPhone 16 family.

Last year saw the EU deliver a major blow to Apple's walled garden, with the Digital Market Act (DMA) forcing the phone maker to allow third-party app stores onto iOS. Apple complied with the legislation only in the EU. But could DMA-style changes happen in the U.S. as well?

Kat Cammack, a representative from Florida's 3rd district, has proposed this with the "App Store Freedom Act". The goal here is to "promote competition and protect consumers and developers" by "prohibiting certain anticompetitive practices by dominant app store operators."

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