The App Association claims to represent thousands of app developers across the world. According to a new report, the group gets more than half of its funding from Apple.
The report paints Apple and the ACT as strange bedfellows, as the company's App Store frequently finds itself at odds with the developers who host their software. Major software developers have accused Apple of running an anti-competitive online marketplace by forcing them to use the company's in-app purchasing system while taking a stiff 15 to 30 percent cut from all sales.
According to the report, Apple and the ACT are bedfellows.
The Coalition for App Fairness issues statements and press releases that are in line with Apple's stance. The app store model has given companies never before seen access to overseas markets, according to the website of ACT.
The Open App Markets Act would ban anti-competitive behavior from companies like Apple that control how software can be distributed on its devices. The bill was said to be an aim at the mobile software distribution model.
Apple did not reply immediately.
The threat of new antitrust regulations reining in Apple's App Store model has led the company into a lobbying frenzy. Apple spent a record amount of money on lobbying Congress in the first quarter of this year.
According to a Senate source, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to discuss privacy and antitrust legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he would call a vote on the AICO this fall after progressives called for it to be passed. A vote hasn't been scheduled by Schumer.
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