Both Google and Apple have faced criticism from regulators around the world for forcing mobile app developers to use their proprietary payment systems which charge up to 30% commission.
A South Korean parliamentary committee on Wednesday voted for a key amendment to a law that would ban Apple and Google from forcibly charging app developers a commission on all add-on purchases, making the Asian country the first major economy to move towards limiting the dominance of the two biggest mobile platform makers.... [+]South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, the legislation and judiciary committee of the country’s national assembly approved a revision of the Telecommunications Business Act.
The parliament was set to vote on the amendment—dubbed the “Anti-Google law” in the Korean press—later on Wednesday but that has been delayed until further notice with no other details mentioned. Both Apple and Google mandate that app developers on their iOS or Android mobile platforms use the proprietary billing system for charging customers on all in-app purchases.
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