Kicking off the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee hearing on competition in app stores, @SenAmyKlobuchar makes it clear: "Apple & Google operate as gatekeepers with the power to decide whether apps can reach iPhone and Android users."

Tune in https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/antitrust-applied-examining-competition-in-app-stores

"This is what happens when you have a monopolist acting as a de facto regulator. The regulations will always favor the monopolist." -Kirsten Daru of @TheTileApp

Jared Sine at Match Group just detailed an authoritarian encounter they had w/ @Apple.

One @Apple lawyer told him Match Group should be *glad* @Apple didn't take all of their revenue & said "you owe us every dime you make.”

Jared Sine of Match Group said @Google called them last night in an effort to silence their testimony.

"They first threatened us in 2017...they could hurt us in little ways, they could hurt us in big ways."

Sine says "we’re all afraid."

cc: @TheJusticeDept