South Korea has become the first country in the world to attack the lucrative commissions charged by Google and Apple’s app stores, after passing a law that will let mobile phone users pay software developers directly for their apps.
Despite heavy lobbying by the tech giants, South Korea’s national assembly on Tuesday passed what has been dubbed the “anti-Google bill”; it will become law once signed by President Moon Jae-in.
The law bans Google and Apple, as well as other app store operators, from requiring users to pay for apps with their own in-app purchasing systems.
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