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South Korea has approved a new App Store Law that will force Apple and Google to offer alternative payment options

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Earlier today, South Korea approved detailed rules for a law banning dominant app store operators such as Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google from forcing software developers to use their payments systems. South Korea passed the law, an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Act, last year.

 

Reuters is reporting that "It was the first such curb by a major economy on Apple and Google, which face global criticism for requiring the use of proprietary payment systems that charge commissions of up to 30per cent.

 

The rules, called the enforcement ordinance, will be put into effect on March 15. They specify that the law bars "the act of forcing a specific payment method to a provider of mobile content" by unfairly utilizing the app market operator's status, the regulator Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said in a statement.

 

Barred acts include app market operators unfairly delaying the review of mobile content, or refusing, delaying, restricting, deleting, or blocking the registration, renewal, or inspection of mobile content that uses third-party payment methods.

 

Potential fines for infractions will go as high as 2% of an average annual revenue from related business practices, the rules said."

 

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