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Comment: Apple cites privacy in fight to stop US Congress from allowing 'sideloading'

By Amy Miller, Khushita Vasant, Mike Swift ( August 5, 2021, 23:26 GMT | Comment) -- Apple and a handful of Big Tech companies make unique products that can't be replicated by competitors, and that’s a problem — at least that's what legislators and antitrust regulators increasingly argue as they consider whether to limit their dominance in the online marketplace. Now, Apple is using that same argument to push back against a slate of US antitrust bills, arguing the proposed legislation would undermine what makes its products so unique and popular: their privacy and data security protections.Apple and a handful of Big Tech companies make unique products that can't be replicated by competitors, and that’s a problem — at least that's what legislators and antitrust regulators increasingly argue as they consider whether to limit those companies' dominance in the online marketplace....

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