Apple as well as other tech companies have come under fire recently for supposedly using anti-competitive practices in an attempt to monopolize certain markets, and in the US in particular legislation has been discussed which would essentially make it so that these companies would no longer be able to hold on to the monopolies that they have acquired over the years. It seems that the first state that is going to pass legislation on this issue is North Dakota, and this will prove to be quite the litmus test for Apple in the future.
This legislation is basically going to end up mandating that app developers no longer be restricted to one single App store at any given point in time. This is supposed to result in a lot more competition and potentially allow other companies to get some headway in this regard, but some are criticizing this for being antithetical to the spirit of free markets and the like. Regardless of whether or not people agree with this legislation, the fact is that it has ended up passing which means that Apple as well as other tech companies might have to change their practices quite soon.
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