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by j_koreth 1768 days ago
The bill's text seems to specify "App Stores" to those limited to "users of a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device".

Does anyone if this can possibly apply to video game consoles? A wasteful amount of computing is locked behind these consoles and it would be great to see open access come to these platforms as well. Another concern is whether Android and iOS can get out of this bill by arguing themselves to be similar entertainment devices.

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> Another concern is whether Android and iOS can get out of this bill by arguing themselves to be similar entertainment devices.

Almost certainly covered by "a mobile device"

then I suppose Nintendo Switches are also "mobile devices" - it would help if this bill had any definition whatsoever of "mobile device" and "general purpose computing device". It's a PR fluff piece and not even the initial version of the bill that will be submitted to congress.
That's exactly why I wasn't sure what would be included in the bill.