as they categorical their issues concerning the influence of Apple\u2019s unfair App Store guidelines on customers and innovators alike and focus on the necessity for motion.<\/span><\/p>\nTake a glimpse at what every of them needed to say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cOur view is quite simple. We think that there needs to be regulation in this space. We think it is one where it has to make it clear that you as a developer or a company should be able to interact with your consumers. You should have the ability to bring new innovations to the market on equal terms as the platforms themselves, and that there should be a choice for how these consumers should be able to pay for goods and services on these platforms. And that can\u2019t be dictated by Apple.\u201d \u2013<\/span> Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify<\/b><\/p>\n\u201cThe news that Apple plans to let rival app stores operate on iPhones in Europe shows that the arguments against our bill were simply scare tactics designed to stop it, and that\u2019s why we must pass it.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar<\/b><\/p>\n\u201cAt the end of the day, what I would ask Tim Cook is to please support my bill. If you\u2019re not doing any of these bad things, why not support the bill? If you\u2019re in favor of competition and innovation, support the bill. If you believe that there\u2019s no unfair charges, or rents, or whatever\u2014no copy and kill. Support the bill.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re Democrat, or Republican, or another party affiliation, app developers and innovators are saying we have an issue with market access and there is a way to solve this problem.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI think we have to re-envision what an app store is and the boundaries and the barriers that they put up in terms of gatekeepers . . . Status quo isn\u2019t even an option anymore. We\u2019re at a fork in the road. So either we pass this legislation and we send a signal to Apple and Google to say that monopoly won\u2019t work\u2014you\u2019re going to have to behave better and participate in a free market\u2014or we don\u2019t.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>Karen Thomas, CEO, Agrin Health\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\u201cI do think the majority of Gen Z is probably pretty unaware, but it\u2019s going to take things like this and small businesses speaking out, creators speaking out, waking consumers up to the fact that this is going on and this is impacting their daily lives.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>Harry Gestetner, co-CEO, Fanfix\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\u201cProbably almost the worst issue is that Apple blocks us from having access to data about our own customers. So that means we don\u2019t know what kind of subscriptions our customers have bought via the Apple system. It means that we will either lose our business altogether or we will have very unhappy customers.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>Kristin Skogen Lund<\/b>, CEO, Schibsted\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\u201cThe lack of people speaking up isn\u2019t because there is no problem. The lack of people speaking up is actually a sign of the problem because people are so afraid that they\u2019re just afraid to even say anything. And if that is the state of the Internet today, then I think that\u2019s a terrible place for the world to be.\u201d \u2013 <\/span>Andy Yen, CEO, ProtonMail<\/b><\/p>\nAnd they\u2019re all coming along with greater than any single firm at stake: \u201cI\u2019m fighting not because of just Spotify, but because I truly, at the core of my being, believe this is right,\u201d Daniel Ek famous within the episode. \u201cAnd it\u2019s very important for the future of the economy and for app developers and creators alike.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWe know that honest and open platforms allow higher client experiences and permit builders to develop and thrive. When this occurs, all people wins.<\/span><\/p>\nHear for your self within the episode beneath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n