the app store bureaucracy, is that true? other app developers who have that same access to apple personnel, do you? we do a lot of things with developers, including looking at their data test apps regardless of whether they are small or large. let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to its typical 30% commission for some apps, like amazon prime. i5 30% commission for some apps, like amazon prime. is that a reduced commission such as the one that amazon prime gets available to other app amazon prime gets available to other app developers? it is available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. let me ask you this. apple requires all app developers to use apple's payment processing system, if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users, through apple's app store, isn't that correct? that is correct, because... and by processing payments for apps, that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer data and use that data to inform apple a5 you collect their customer data a

app store developers set prices for their apps, and never paid for shelf space. we provide every developer with cutting edge tools like compilers and programming languages and more than 150,000 essential software building blocks called apis, the app store guidelines ensure a secure user experience, they are transparent and apply equally to every developer and for the vast majority of apps developers keep an hundred % of the money they make. the only apps that are subject to commission are those where the developer acquires a customer on an apple device and ready features or services would be experienced and consumed on an apple device. in the app store's more than ten year history we have never raised the commission or added a single fee. in fact we have reduced it for subscriptions and exempted additional categories for the apps. iam here additional categories for the apps. i am here today because scrutiny is reasonable and appropriate. we approach this process with respect and humility. but we make no concession on the facts. what began as 500 apps is now more

i want to talk about the app store and at development. taking a step back, my understanding from your testimony is that apple has to operate by the same rules that the app developers operate by in terms of being able to access the app store. is that correct? >> we have 60 apps on the app store. they go through the same rules that the 1.7 million do. >> okay. here is why i asked the question. my understanding is the app store review guidelines tell app developers not to submit copycat apps. is that correct? >> i'm not totally familiar, but i believe that's the case because we were getting a number of apps that were essentially the same thing. a sort of cookie cutter. >> i could represent to you that we've reviewed the guidelines and they say that app developers should have original ideas, that copycat ideas are not fair and that apples customers do not want those. on the other hand, the app developer agreement which you require every developer to agree to does give apple the right to coffee other apps. the question is why one rule for the d

baidu has two app stores, two app store employees assigned to help it navigate the app store bureaucracy, is that true? >> i don't know about that, sir. >> well, you don't have other app developers who have that same access to apple personnel, do you? >> we, we do a lot of things with developers including looking at their beta test as, regardless whether they're small or large. >> okay. let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to its typical 30% commission for some apps like amazon prime. is that, is a reduced commission such as the one that amazon prime gets available to other app developers? >> it's available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. >> okay. left me ask you this, apple requires all app developers to use apple's payment processing system. if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users through apple's app store, isn't that correct? >> that is correct because it is -- >> and by processing payments for apps that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer data and you use that data to inform apple as to whether apple

so is that going to be enough, though, to satisfy critics listen, we know there's no doubt the app storea power house sensor tower says in the first half of this year u.s. consumers spent nearly $15 billion in mobile apps and that apple generated more than 60% of that. and some lawmakers are talking very tough here. representative david cicilline called those app store fees highway robbery. back to you. >> josh, it seems to me that a central question here with these hearings that congress is going to have to answer is more of a theory of anti-trust question is how do you define a market in the tech era if it's all smart phones, sure, apple doesn't have anything close to monopoly or monopoly power, but if sticky ecosystems are themselves a market, then maybe so, right? >> so, it's interesting. hardware clearly you're right, john cook made this case about 46% of smart phone shipments in the u.s. in the first quarter were apple, according to third party research my understanding is, you know, even you were a monopoly, that's an interesting question, too as i understand it, u.s. judges have

has two app stores -- two app store employees assigned to help it navigate the app store bureaucracy, is that true? >> i don't know about that, sir. >> well, you don't have other app developers who have that same access to apple personnel, do you? >> we do a lot of things with developers including looking at their beta test apps regardless of whether they're small or large. >> let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to its typical 30% commission for some apps like amazon prime. is that -- is a reduced commission such as the one that amazon prime gives available to other app developers? >> it's available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. >> okay. let me you this, apple requires all app developers to use apple's payment processing system if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users through apple's app store, isn't that correct? >> that is correct. because it's -- >> by processing payments for apps that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer data and you use that data to inform apple as to whether apple should -- whe

also the rules get changed to benefit apple at the expense of app developers and the app store is said to discriminate between app developers with similar apps. and also as to small app developers verses large app developers. so, mr. cook, does apple not treat all app developers equally? >> sir, we treat every developer the same. we have opened transparent rules. it's a rigorous process. because we care so deeply about privacy and security and policy, we look at every app before it goes on. but those rules apply evenly to everyone. and as you can tell by going -- >> some developers are favored over others. so, isn't that correct? >> that is not correct. and as you can tell from going from -- >> i'll give you an example. i do has two app store employees assigned to the app store. >> i don't know about that, sir. >> and they have that same access to apple personnel. >> concluding looking at their beta test apps. >> let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to its typical commission for some apps like amazon prime. is that a reduced commission, such as the one amazon p

has two app stores -- two app store employees assigned to help it navigate the app store bureaucracy, is that true? >> i don't know about that, sir. >> well, you don't have other app developers who have that same access to apple personnel, do you? >> we do a lot of things with developers including looking at their beta test apps regardless of whether they're small or large. >> let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to its typical 30% commission for some apps like amazon prime. is that -- is a reduced commission such as the one that amazon prime gives available to other app developers? >> it's available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. >> okay. let me you this, apple requires all app developers to use apple's payment processing system if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users through apple's app store, isn't that correct? >> that is correct. because it's -- >> by processing payments for apps that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer data and you use that data to inform apple as to whether apple should -- whe

i do have two app stores -- two app store employees to navigate the bureaucracy. is that true? >> i don't know about that, sir. >> well, you don't have other app developers who have the same access to apple personnel, do you? >> we do -- we do a lot of things with developers, including looking at their beta test apps, regardless of whether they are small or large. >> okay, well, let me ask you this question. apple has negotiated exceptions to typical 30% commission for some apps, like amazon prime. a reduced commission, such as the one that amazon prime gets, available to other app developers? >> it's available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. >> okay, let me ask you this. apple requires all app developers to use apple's payment processing system if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users through the apple app store. is that correct? >> that is correct. speak out and processing payments for apps that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer data, and you use that data to inform apple as to whether it should, whether or not it w

the amazon app store, 30%. samsung app store, 30%. microsoft is 30% in most cases. f the gaming stores like steam, nintendo, playstation or xbox are also 30%. what apple does not say is that a lot of these app stores are 30% because they are following apple's footsteps. still, nonetheless, they are showing that everyone is basically doing the same thing. so why aren't we going after apple? emily: what does apple have to say about the fact that it is not only the gatekeeper, but it is also a competitor in the app store? they also have got their own apps in the app store, like apple music, which as we know, the folks at spotify have made quite clear. mark: i mean, apple's argument is that the app store has not held back spotify, but has instead let them basically become a giant public company. far morethe way, sells subscriptions than apple music. so there argument is that the app store has done pretty well for spotify. so it is not really a great argument to say that apple is hurting by operating the store while also being on their. -- there. tole doesn't have a 30% t

baidu has two app store employees assigned to help it navigate the app store bureaucracy. is that true >> i don't know about that, sir. >> enks we you don't have other app developers who have that same access to we do the beta test apps, regardless of whether they're small or large. >> let me ask you this question for some a.m. by amazon prime, is that a reduced commission such as the one that amazon tries to get available to other app developers >> it's available to anyone meeting the conditions, yes. >> will you me ask you, do they require all app developers to use apple's payments processing system if those developers want to sell their goods or services to apple users through apple as app store. isn't that correct >> that is correct. >> and by processing payments for apps that you allow into the app store, you collect their customer today, and you use that data to inform apple as to whether apple should -- whether or not it will be profit appear for apple to launch a competing app. depending on the specifics >> what's to stop apple toic inning its commission to 50% >>

it is like an app store.d up our lawyer at the time and i registered the trademark app store. callhappened was we got a -- steve jobs wants us to come down for a major announcement on the apple campus. inare down there and we are this big apple auditorium and it is a big production. videos are going, steve walks out in his jeans into the black shirt and says "ladies and gentlemen, i am here to announce my greatest invention of all time -- app store." my employees who are sitting around me, you could hear them have an audible gasp. the production went on into the whole auditorium emptied out into steve was down at the stage at the bottom. he said, "i'm going to give you a gift. " -- i said, i'm going to give you a gift. i will give you the trademark for app store into the url for free. he said, that is a matter it's not good to be that big david -- that big. david: you said facebook's cigarettes. what does that mean? marc: facebook is the new cigarettes. it is bad for you, it is addictive, they should be regul

and i'm like, this is like an app store.alled up our lawyer at the and time and i registered the trademark "app store." and then what happened was we got a call -- steve jobs wants us to come down for a major announcement on the apple campus. so then we are down there and we , are in this big apple auditorium and it is a big production. videos are going, steve walks and thevideos are going, steve walks out in his jeans and the black shirt and says "ladies and gentlemen, i am here to announce my greatest invention of all time -- app store." [laughter] and my employees who are sitting around me, you could hear them have an audible gasp. the production went on and the whole auditorium emptied out and ends, the whole auditorium emptied out and steve was down at the stage at the bottom. i said, "i'm going to give you a gift. what gift can you give me? any goes wellwhat gift can you give me? i will give you the trademark , for app store and the url for free." because, thank you for everything you have done for me. and he goes well

app store. then can you tell us how that evolved? marc: this was a really weird situation. in 2001, salesforce was 18 months old or something, and i got an invitation to fund something called college track, which was being put together by steve jobs' wife. so we ended up doing it. and then there was a dinner afterwards, and i was like, this is going to be some incredible, huge dinner. i go to the dinner, and she had forgotten to make a reservation, and it was packed. so steve is like, i'm not leaving until a table opens. now, i won't go into the aspects of his personality, but just know we weren't leaving. [laughter] so he's like, you want to see something cool? i'm like, yeah. so he takes something out of his back pocket. he said, i just introduced this last week. it is the ipod. and he had an ipod. and i'm like, that is pretty cool. yeah, i have 1000 songs my pocket. what do you think about that? i'm like, i like it. [laughter] he's like, you can turn it like this, click this. that is really c

the app store' economic's -- the app store's economic contributions are significant. it is responsible for jobs in all 50 states and facilitated commerce. belief the committee's that competition promotes innovation, that it makes space for the next great idea, and it gives consumers more choices. since apple was founded, these things have defined us. ipod helped musicians and artists share their creations and be paid fairly. this legacy does more than make us proud. it inspires us to work tirelessly to make sure tomorrow will be even better than today. thank you very much. i look forward to responding to your questions. >> mr. zuckerberg is now recognized for five minutes. mr. zuckerberg: thank you. before i begin, i want to add my voice to those honoring congressman john lewis and his service to our country. america has lost a hero who never stopped fighting for the rights of every person. chairman cicilline, sensenbrenner, members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. the tech industry is an american success story. the products we build have

we don't need them to feature us in the app store.f there was a way to distribute our software directly to the iphone, without going through the app store, we would do that. that's exactly what we do on the -- [inaudible]. liz: before we go, since you fought back publicly, have you seen any kind of retaliation, whether it's subtle or obvious by apple or even a third party? anything? >> i think apple has realized now that the spotlight is on them. you would have thought they would have realized that when i testified in front of congress in january, and the congress people on the record tells me hey, if you face any retaliation for your testimony in front of the congress, from apple, or any of the other companies you're testifying against, please let us know. well, apple showed up with that demand letter, and i was invited to do -- i led the antitrust subcommittee -- i let the antitrust subcommittee know about this. i'm sure this will be part of the hearing that tim cook will be facing later this month. liz: all right. we will be back l

he says the app store has created 2 million jobs.fer reid, r bloomberg intelligence analyst is here. you have been doing a lot of work on this. preparedkers came today. now that the house is soon to be wrapping up this hearing, they have more information, they have the responses from the ceos about their biggest contentions. what do they do with that information next? jennifer: now i think the hard work starts for them. they have said that they will put everything they found from this investigation, which i think culminated today, into a report. in the report is just to outline what their findings are. and also to start to think about what should they done with respect to legislation. whether there should be new laws applying to these companies in or eventrust world, beyond in privacy or some of the things sally hubbard was talking about. . interoperability and transparency. or whether the laws currently on the books are fine, or maybe just need some amendment. this is going to start the hard work. because i think where there is cons

in 2008, we introduced a new feature of the iphone called the app store launched to 500 apps, which seemed like a lot at the time, they entrusted apple users to get more out of their phone we knew the users at the time didn't work well brick and mortar stores charged high fees and had limited reach. things like cds had to be shipped and were hard to update. from the beginning, the app store was a good alternative they never pay for shelf space we provide every developer with cutting edge tools like compilers, program languages and more than 150,000 essential software building blocks called apis the app store guidelines ensure a high quality, reliable and secure user experience they are transparent and applied equally to every developer for a vast majority of apps, developers keep 100% of the money they make. the only apps that are subject to a commission are those where the developer a kwicquires a customer on an apple device and where the services and experience would be consumed on an apple device. in our ten-year history, we have never raised a commission or charged a single fee in fact

app store developers set prices for their apps and never paid for shelf space.every developer with cutting edge tools like compilers, programming languages and more than 150,000 central software building blocks called apis. the app store guidelines ensure high quality, reliable and secure user experience. they are transparent and applied equally to every developer. the vast majority of apps developers keep one 100% of the money they make. the only apps subject to a commission for those where the developer acquires a customer on an apple device and where beecher and services will be experienced and consumed on an apple device. in the app stores, within ten years history, we've never raised a commission or added a single fee. we've reduced it for subscriptions and exempted additional categories of apps. i'm here today because it's reasonable and appropriate, we approached this process with respect and humility. we make no concession on the facts. what began this 500 apps is now more than 1.7 million, only 60 of which are apple software. if apple is a gatekeeper, w

and amazon's case by both selling products and being a platform, and in apple's case running the app store. they feel that antitrust law has not kept up with what the digital economy looks like. senator elizabeth warren has tweeted recently "here is what you will not read and big tech's bought and paid for research. amazon, facebook, google, and apple have too much power over our economy, society, and democracy."

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customer outside the app store. these are the practices regulators and lawmakers will scrutinize one of the potential outcome is that some of these anti-competitive behavior would be warned against and would potentially be outlawed going forward. >> thank you for helping us prepare for the hearing later today. professor at imd business school >>> the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the u.s. has risen above 60,000. six states in the west reported a record number. the number has topped 4.3 million. >> telling cnbc he would not pass a billout including the measure. democrats are opposed to the bill >> there is no chance of the country getting back to normal without it as the majority leader, i can tell you no bill will pass the senate that doesn't have the liability protection in it the democrats need to understand for the country to get back to normal, we cannot have an epidemic of lawsuits on the heels of a pandemic that is not over yesterday that we are trying to get through. >> our nbc colleague tracie pott

were apples, according to third-party research we also expect a lot of questions about the app store. listen, there have been very well-respected high-profile developers that have taken a shot at the app store. it doesn't look like cook will stay that lying down he's going to argue there is choice for consumers, about 2 million apps are available, that most apps are free he sounds like when he does charge a commission, that rate, that fee is largely in line with other digital marketplaces, but we know some of these lawmakers on this committee have certainly been talking very tough about apple and its app store. >> temperature i can't wait to hear that everyone has an argument that they have a range of rivals, and i wonder if there would be any backant are-and-forth if one of the ceos makes a comments about his company. >> certainly you have heard pel tim cook. >> go ahead, dee, then julia inch i think josh was going to probably say this, too you've heard tim cook talk about privacy and where the -- we rarely hear jeff bezos or amazon as a whole talk about the competition. they like to

store and that 30% cut it can take, arguing that commission rate is largely in line with other app stores and digital marketplaces, like the google play store, the online app store, in other words, saying the commission rate is not out of line for the rest of the market for app investors, this is all critical the app store is a big part of that faster growing, higher margin services segment. remember, the question is not just here, we'll see what cook has to say on monday >> thank you, josh lipton. >>> bill voting against companies with too much debt, saying don't count on the fed to bail him out >>> plus, retail will never be the same and brands can no longer depend on malls and department stores. a dying note on the sector >>> it's hard to start with sports, but they're trying it with a new device. what it does and if it can work, ahead. this is decision tech. find a stock based on your interests or what's trending. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. in a highly-connected lexus vehicle at

and whether or not they're using the app store to suppress competitors. same thing with google and dominance in search. there is no good way to break up google's dominance in search so i think for those kind of companies, the outcome could possibly be some kind of consent decree or another agreement that keeps them from utilizing their incredible power and the amount of data they have in competition. i think the only company that probably should be worried about breaking up in facebook. and maybe amazon, although there has been very little discussion of the fact that amazon is both a massive retailer and the world's largest cloud provider which is something that it talked about a lot in tech and here in silicon valley, that halloween made - that hasn't made it to the floor yet. >> but the bottom line is you think all of the guys go home or maybe are already home and they just sort of think, wow, that was tough but i'm glad i'm done and life goes on nothing comes of it? >> yeah. i don't think any of the ceo's are worried for the outcome here i'm amazed at

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there are no competing app stores.etition, he is really referring to the fact. there is a lot of competition. he is referring to the fact there is a lot on the iphone as a device but really not on the app stores front. liz: kevin. you as a big investor in technology, what did you think? who got hit the hardest yesterday? >> i think actually google got hit the hardest. they're easiest target to go after, given the fact they have had multibillion-dollar settlements over in europe. they have no competition when it comes to search, right? not only do they have no competition when it comes to search on the desktop but also on the mobile device. that is actually pretty interesting, tim cook has that oh, he was saying there was a street fight from the clip you were showing but this victim mentality that these ceos had, we're under attack here, right? you need to help support us is pretty interesting because the street fight isn't happening really between, you know, apple and anyone else. it is a duopoly between google and app

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anhink the app store is important part of the story. the majority of their apps are free. are some differences. what's a little different with apple is that if customers want or be and other parts, they do not need to rely on apple. they can go to samsung. there are other smartphone vendors. across otherdors products. within music there is spotify. sure, apple has advantages and they do a good job integrating things, but there's is the competition. i would add, in these other businesses as well, amazon, facebook, google, competition remains fierce. we all remember history with american online and other platforms that were viewed as unbeatable at the time. of course things changed. i go back to this point around innovation because if these companies are not able to do that effectively over the next few years, they are going to for trouble creating value their users, and ultimately their shareholders as well. emily: i want to get your clicks -- quick thoughts on microsoft, which is not one of the four current desk for companies will have been called to testify, that moved in

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tim cook will talk about the opportunity the app store has given apps, most of which are in the app store for free. opening testimony is a little -- david: i am afraid we have lost emily chang because of a technical problem. she was setting up a very important hearing to happen later today, although we are now informed it may be delayed. it was supposed to happen at 12:00 eastern. now there are reports it will be postponed until 12:31:00. the same thing happened with the judiciary committee yesterday when they were supposed to be questioning bill barr. that is because there was a traffic accident to the chairman was involved in. the issue is the size of tech, whether you can have this big of a tech company, all four of these companies are so huge, not have it be anti-competitive. where there competitive actions taken in terms of instagram and whatsapp? they will be in the hot seat and you have a lot of people questioning. you have one person being asked a question by a lot of people, it sometimes favors the one person. we will be covering that as it happens in washington. it has been dela

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>> sir, the app store -- thank you for the question.tore is a feature of the iphone. >> facebook's very model makes it impossible for new companies to flourish separately, and that harms our democracy. >> our democracy. that's a big part of this. this isn't just some sort of business battle. these are questions about whether some of the most powerful companies on earth are rigging competition, stifling innovation, which are the very things so many of these companies touted back when they were young people with little start-ups. amazon is famously ruthlessly effective. but one democrat pressing bezos today on whether he poured money into a battle to ruthlessly and effectively destroy a smaller company that was just trying to deliver fair-priced diapers to working families. >> your own documents make clear that the price war against diapers.com worked and within a few months it was struggling. so then amazon bought it. after buying your leading competitor here, amazon cut promotions, increased the prices of diapers for new moms and dads.

and amazon's case by both selling products and being a platform, and in apple's case running the app store. they feel that antitrust law has not kept up with what the digital economy looks like. senator elizabeth warren has tweeted recently "here is what you will not read and big tech's bought and paid for research. amazon, facebook, google, and apple have too much power over our economy, society, and democracy." what is she talking about when she says we need to break up big tech and stop mergers? guest: facebook is a very large company. they also own instagram and whatsapp, huge companies that people across the world use. is that is saying smaller companies never have a chance to emerge into the marketplace and become successful, if facebook, which has the means to buy up smaller companies, keeps doing that. she thinks google is too big and it should be separated from youtube, that amazon should not be able to be both the seller for products and the marketplace of products. she thinks the federal trade commission and the department of justice should sue to have these companies spinoff fr

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he said, the app store has been a runaway success and economic miracle.rst of all, great getting tim cook. i am also told you got someone from google on the phone. alphabet earnings out as well. investor reaction is not quite as enthusiastic as for apple. emily: we are seeing what appears to be fragile macro economic environment weighing on the results. that is what the alphabet ceo just told me. she said they are encouraged by the performance they are seen. but basically what you are seeing in the numbers is a reflection of what is going on in the wider economy. ongoing this as an fragile environment. the impact of the shares, what you are seeing in facebook, where we thought facebook would be more negatively impacted. we are not seeing that in the numbers. t about theuth pora hearing as well and whether she was concerned about regulation. lawmakers were particular hard on youtube ads. she said, we are happy to engage with regulators. all big companies are the subject of scrutiny and the data shows consumers love our product. we can expect this to be an

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apps didn't even have a privacy policy. that is actually required by the google play store terms. there were other instances where there was a privacy policy, but it was clearly inadequate. >> reporter: one problem the research highlights, something called a per mission. >> when you download an app, sometimes you get a request is it okay if we look at your contacts or read some of the data on your phone. that can be a gateway to passing information along to trinapp ed th ah to geercont read location and contacts. other apps they reviewed asked only for location. >> the data you give to an app should relate to what you're getting out of the app. >> reporter: researchers also found connections with third party marketers were not always clearly spelled out. north dakota's app was the first called out for its relationship with 4 square, a marketing company. it now discloses that it uses four square to determine nearby businesses you may have visited. the apps developer tells us four square has agreed not to retain data. this privacy attorney says agreements are not a guarantee. >> you

now you have millions of developers who have access to the app store, the google play store.e idea that these things are bad for small business and competition, the devil will be in the details on how they have taken specific actions to suppress particular small businesses. lisa: to your point, jeff bezos say and unlike industries that are winner take all, there is room in retail for many winners. we are going to be getting earnings from apple, amazon, and alphabet after the bell today. are you looking for some self-regulatory measures that will crimp profitability to get ahead of any potential regulation from washington? arun: absolutely. i think a lot of the purpose of hearings like this is to create regulation if the platforms don't do something themselves. if you think about what society has done, we have given these platforms a tremendous amount of power. government like power, with censorship, with i.d. systems, with copyrights and intellectual property. facebook is backing its own currency, surveillance. so we can suddenly say now, we are unhappy with the status quo, a