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Illinois senators have filed a bill that would require Apple and Google to allow alternative payment systems for app developers. <\/p>\n

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Illinois’ new “Freedom to Subscribe Directly” act would prohibit Apple and Google from requiring developers to use first-party app marketplaces to sell their goods and services. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Basecamp, a software company based in Illinois, has publicly supported the new bill. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Apple demanded we sell our new service through their payment processor, so they could take their 30% cut, or we’d be thrown out of the app store.” Basecamp CTO David Heinemeier-Hansson told WGEM.<\/em><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Basecamp might have among the few companies willing to speak up but we are far from the only ones dealing with these oppressive regimes,” he continued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent years, Apple and Google have come under fire for their in-app payment systems. As a result, both have been heavily criticized for taking up to a 30 percent cut of sales and in-app purchases. However, even if Apple were required to provide alternative payment systems, the Cupertino-based tech giant has made it clear that it would still collect its share<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In November, a class-action lawsuit<\/a> claimed Apple leveraged its popular iOS<\/a> platform to create a closed ecosystem that locked customers into a software aftermarket saddled by App Store<\/a> commissions, fees which continue to drive “supracompetetive” profits. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Facebook recently<\/a> rolled out a new tool designed to help content creators earn money on its platform while sidestepping Apple’s customary 30 percent cut of App Store transactions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In early January, Apple for the first time<\/a> said it would allow alternative payment systems in South Korea to comply with the new law. The company will provide an alternative payment system at a reduced service charge as part of the compliance plans turned into to the Korea Communications Commission. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n