A North Dakota bill “threatens to destroy iPhone as you know it”
State Sen. Kyle Davison (R-Fargo) introduced the bill Tuesday before a Senate committee. During a press conference, Sen. Davison said, “The purpose of the bill is to level the playing field for app developers in North Dakota and protect customers from devastating, monopolistic fees imposed by big tech companies. said Sen. Kyle Davison (R-Fargo), who introduced the bill before a Senate committee on Tuesday. Davison believes that the 30% cut of in-app revenue garnered by Apple and Google ends up “raising prices and limiting choices for consumers.”
Apple already testified against the bill on Tuesday in a hearing with North Dakota’s Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee. Apple’s chief privacy engineer, Erik Neuenschwander, told the committee that the bill “threatens to destroy iPhone as you know it.” The law would “undermine the privacy, security, safety, and performance that’s built into iPhone by design. Simply put, we work hard to keep bad apps out of the App Store; (the bill) could require us to let them in.”
Keep in mind that this is a state bill and its impact would only be felt inside North Dakota. However, in the current environment, more states could attempt to follow along.
