Apple: Arizona bill government mandate to give away the App Store
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`Apple and Google hired probably almost every lobbyist in town` What you need to know Apple is desperately trying to stop a new Arizona App Store bill. That`s because it could let developers use third-party payment systems, circumventing Apple`s commission. Apple described the move as a `government mandate that Apple give away the App Store.` Apple and Google are desperately trying to stop a bill in Arizona, which Apple says is a government mandate to give away the App Store. As reported by Protocol: Arizona State Rep. Regina Cobb hadn`t even formally introduced her app store legislation last month when Apple and Google started storming into the state to lobby against it. Apple tapped its own lobbyist, Rod Diridon, to begin lobbying in Arizona. It hired Kirk Adams, the former chief of staff to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, to negotiate with Cobb on its behalf. It quickly joined the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, which began...