The Inquisitr - Tech

Questions lawmakers made about Apple’s App Store on Wednesday could just as easily have applied to several other gaming and tech companies around the world. One firm, in particular, that should be sweating is Steam, according to Engadget‘s Jessica Conditt.

The inquiries about Apple’s practices were posed during a congressional investigation into some of the biggest technology companies in the world. Lawmakers described problems they had with the App Store and by extension, Android’s Google Play store.

Speaking with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, members of the House Judiciary Committee relayed stories about both megacorporations using their online stores to block competition, while taking massive cuts of developers’ revenue. They were reportedly accused of acting as though they were monopolies over the last decade.

Conditt said everything members of the committee pointed to as problematic could also be applied to Steam. Owned by Valve, the PC

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