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Apple to Voluntarily Correct Unfair Commission Policy in App Market: FTC

Apple to Voluntarily Correct Unfair Commission Policy in App Market: FTC

SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has expressed its intention to voluntarily correct its commission policy, which ends up charging more for local app developers. The move came after the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) launched a probe into Apple amid criticism that the company [...]

Homegrown App Market Draws Spotlight as Alternative to Google’s Play Store

Homegrown App Market Draws Spotlight as Alternative to Google’s Play Store

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s app market ONE store has drawn attention as a possible alternative to Google’s Play store as local app developers worry about increasing costs over the U.S. tech giant’s decision to expand its 30 percent commission fee to all in-app digital goods purchases later this year. ONE store, [...]

S. Korea to Review App Market Fees amid Concerns over Google’s Potential Policy Changes

S. Korea to Review App Market Fees amid Concerns over Google’s Potential Policy Changes

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Wednesday it will survey local app developers over fees levied by mobile app market platform operators amid concerns surrounding potential changes to Google’s platform payment policy. Google currently requires local game apps on its platform to use its in-app payment system, which [...]

Gov’t Watchdogs Eye Apple, Google’s Commission Structure

Gov’t Watchdogs Eye Apple, Google’s Commission Structure

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A sign of conflict is surfacing again over the commissions charged by Apple and Google in their respective app stores, which have an unrivaled presence in the app market. After charging a 30 percent commission for gaming content, Google plans to shift its commission policy towards charging commissions on [...]

Korean App Market ONE Store Eyes Global Alliance to Compete with Google

Korean App Market ONE Store Eyes Global Alliance to Compete with Google

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In the mobile application store business where only a few IT giants dominate the global market, it takes herculean efforts for newcomers to overcome the high entry barriers and make their presence known to industry players. To survive in the market monopolized by Google’s Play Store for Android devices [...]