California is taking a swing at Big Tech where Washington failed: a new bill called the BASED Act (SB 1074) would ban Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft from self-preferencing their own products on their platforms, mining third-party seller data to build competing products, and tying marketplace access to other services. Announced at YC headquarters by State Senator Scott Wiener, the bill targets companies with over $1 trillion in market cap and 100 million monthly US users, with enforcement open to consumers, businesses, and the state AG. If it passes, it would be the most consequential platform antitrust law in the country.
SB 1074 bans Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from rigging their platforms against startups. The fight DC couldn't win lands in Big Tech's backyard.