This is testimony from the co-founder of Basecamp on the subject of North Dakota's Senate Bill number 2333 on the subject of app stores. The bill is a short and clear two pages saying that platforms may not (quoted):
- Require a developer to use a digital application distribution platform or digital transaction platform as the exclusive mode of distributing a digital product.
- Require a developer to use an in-application payment system as the exclusive mode of accepting payment from a user to download a software application or purchase a digital or physical product through a software application.
- Retaliate against a developer for choosing to use an alternative application store or in-application payment system
Now I know it's just a proposal, and I know it's just North Dakota, but this model of clarity is both badly needed and could upend the monopoly lock on app distribution currently enjoyed by mobile phone providers.
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