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Members of Congress currently aren't banned from owning stock. I'm sure Richard Painter and the New York Post would be aware of that. However, the STOCK Act was passed and signed into law in 2012. It's mainly focused on insider trading

"The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 112–105 (text)(PDF), S. 2038, 126 Stat. 291, enacted April 4, 2012) is an Act of Congress designed to combat insider trading. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 4, 2012. The law prohibits the use of non-public information for private profit, including insider trading, by members of Congress and other government employees. It confirms changes to the Commodity Exchange Act, specifies reporting intervals for financial transactions."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act#Section_6

https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2038

As for "talking points", there are corporations on either side of the antitrust allegations. So saying anything pro/con for the issues involved is going to technically involve covering ground contained in corporate talking points. 

Appleish said: Adobe is the industry standard and is comparatively cheaper than back when you bought upgrades each year or so for each separate application.

It's only cheaper up front. Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign used to be $600 apiece if you didn't previously own a license. But then subsequent upgrades would only be $300 apiece and those wouldn't show up for another 2-3 years. So $1800 the first year + $0 second year + $0 third year = $600 per year. Then $900 for upgrade year + $0 second year + $0 third year = $300 per year. The cheapest way to get those three programs today would be to pay $720 a year with the $59.99 "All Apps" price per month. First three years it's more expensive but not by a huge amount. Second three years it's a LOT more expensive. Old system = $2700 for six years. Subscription cost would be almost double that amount for six years at $4320. 

FYI: Merrick Garland is a centrist/moderate and so is Amy Klobucher who was the Senator spearheading the tech regulation legislation that never gained enough traction in 2021 and 2022.

Not spending money on lobbying was where Apple blundered in the EU. 

CiaranF said:

I fail to see why this is an issue for some. If you’re concerned about other AppStores and side loading apps, then the simple solution is to carry on doing what you’re doing with your phone and don’t download from anywhere else expect the  AppStore. It’s really simple. If someone else’s security or device gets compromised then that’s their problem and not yours. Nothing for you to be concerned about. And just to confirm, I’m not in favour of alt app stores or sideloading either. 

It's easy to understand the issue: the EU doesn't require app developers to provide a version of their app in the App Store. That means that some apps previously available through the App Store could become exclusively available on 3rd party stores. So users could be faced with a choice of downloading from 3rd party app stores or simply not using the app anymore.