On Wednesday, the Biden administration argued that Apple and Google's app store model, including how it forces developers to give a 30% cut on any in-app purchases, hurts users and developers.
This put the White House on the same side as tech CEOs including Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Sweeney and even Elon Musk, who called Apple's cut "a secret 30% tax on everything you buy through their App Store" amid his spat with Apple CEO Tim Cook late last year. The new report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce revealed that Musk's complaints were already resonating in Washington.
