Digital Markets, Competition & Antitrust
Working to protect the rights of companies and individuals who invest and innovate in the digital world.
Shaping Policy That Promotes Competition
It’s imperative policymakers understand digital competition is unlike the hard-goods market. The ideas of finite distribution and product scarcity are almost entirely irrelevant. Instead, we promote smart policy that examines consumer benefits when measuring how well the market is functioning. If competitive and antitrust regulation is too stringent, we risk crippling innovation that pushes society forward.
The Latest on Digital Markets
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Developers Alliance Joins Letter Defending Acquisitions In Technology Industry
Read more: Developers Alliance Joins Letter Defending Acquisitions In Technology IndustryThe letterhighlight that regulatory scrutiny is not only unnecessary in all acquisition cases, but that many technology companies actively seek to be acquired.
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Developers Alliance Wary Of Unproven Measures In Digital Services Act And Digital Markets Act
Read more: Developers Alliance Wary Of Unproven Measures In Digital Services Act And Digital Markets ActWhile the lead software developer advocate welcomes the Commission’s attempts, they note wariness toward drastic policy-making that affects the global economy.
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The EU Is Preparing New Rules For The Digital Economy
Read more: The EU Is Preparing New Rules For The Digital EconomyThe October 2020 EU Policy Update
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Online Platforms’ Fairness & Liability In Question
Read more: Online Platforms’ Fairness & Liability In QuestionThe October 2020 Developers Alliance US Policy Update.
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Dear Mr. President
Read more: Dear Mr. PresidentSoftware Developers are the engine of the digital economy. Here’s how our next President can help them thrive in 2021.
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The Developer Community’s Thoughts on App Stores and the App Ecosystem – Submission to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Read more: The Developer Community’s Thoughts on App Stores and the App Ecosystem – Submission to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission -
Do Not Pass Go
Read more: Do Not Pass GoNo one ever taught their kids that Monopoly was illegal. Should Developers fear a world without Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft?
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“Viewpoint Diversity” & Fake News Take Center Stage While The “Election Of A Lifetime” and Google v. Oracle Loom
Read more: “Viewpoint Diversity” & Fake News Take Center Stage While The “Election Of A Lifetime” and Google v. Oracle LoomThe September 2020 US Policy Update
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App Fairness
Read more: App FairnessWe won’t be joining the Coalition for App Fairness, not because they’re wrong, but because Devs and App Stores need each other.
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Developers Alliance feedback on the inception impact assessments (IIAs) for the Digital Services Act Package
Read more: Developers Alliance feedback on the inception impact assessments (IIAs) for the Digital Services Act PackageThe Platform-to-Business Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 already responds to issues faced bydevelopers and other small businesses in the online platform environment. It provides them notonly much needed transparency, but requires online…
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