South Korea fines Google and Apple over unfair app market practices

The commission said Google and Apple unfairly pushed app developers toward their own in-app payment systems while barring payments through external websites. — AP

SEOUL : South Korea on Oct 28 fined Alphabet’s Google and Apple a combined 63.7bil won (US$47.6mil or RM193.43mil), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews.

The Korea Media and Communications Commission, the country’s media and telecommunications regulator, spent years investigating the US tech giants for allegedly violating a 2021 law that prohibits app store operators from forcing developers to use specific payment systems.

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该委员会表示，谷歌和苹果不公平地迫使应用程序开发者使用各自的应用内支付系统，同时禁止通过外部网站进行支付。——美联社

首尔：韩国于 10 月 28 日对 Alphabet 旗下的谷歌和苹果公司处以共计 637 亿韩元（约合 4760 万美元或 1.9343 亿令吉）的罚款，称这两家公司滥用其在应用商店市场的主导地位，强迫本地开发者使用其自身的支付系统，并无正当理由拖延应用审核。

韩国媒体与通信委员会（韩国的媒体和电信监管机构）多年来一直在调查美国科技巨头，指控他们违反了 2021 年的一项法律，该法律禁止应用商店运营商强迫开发者使用特定的支付系统。

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