A bipartisan bill that could cost Apple and Google billions of dollars by loosening the companies’ “twin monopolies” over their app stores was advanced by a key Senate committee on Thursday in a landslide vote. The Open App Markets bill would bar Apple and Google from requiring app developers to use the tech giants’ own payments systems, which charge commissions of up to 30% that bring in billions for both companies each year. It would also require the companies to let users download apps from third-party app stores.
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