Senate committee approves legislation aimed at Apple’s App Store; would mandate third-party app stores

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation that, if – Big IF – passed into law, would force Apple to allow third-part app stores.
Apple’s App Store on iPhone
Anna Edgerton and Siri Bulusu for Bloomberg News:It still faces a long road to get a vote in the full Senate.The bill seeks to loosen the duopoly that Apple and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have over mobile app distribution, part of Congress’s push to curb the power of U.S. technology giants