Apple and Google must allow other in-app payment systems, Korean law declares

Post by dannyw » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:29 PM UTC

commoner wrote: post #58

perryizgr8 wrote: post #34

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No it is not the same issue. Airbnb doesn't have a say if I make arrangements of my own with the host. We lose the benefits and security provided by airbnb if we think that airbnb's cut is unjustified. I only wish we (users and devs) could do that on Ios.

Actually, Airbnb does have strict anti-steering rules just like Apple and Google do. Several lines from their off-platform policy: > In order to protect our community and business, the following behaviors are prohibited: > Taking people off of the Airbnb platform for new, partial, or future bookings > Contacting potential guests prior to booking on Airbnb to move the booking off of Airbnb (ex: offering discounts to b…

Post by WesolyKubeczek » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:29 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #61

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #50

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“Allow other payment platforms” is not the same as “Demand devs to support them all”, I don’t know between which lines you must have read it.

Sure, You can't have platform fragmentation costs if you don't support platforms. You only support them if you want to reach the customers. That's exactly the same as not supporting Android or iOS or not getting into App Development in first place.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:31 PM UTC

criley2 wrote: post #133

lotsofpulp wrote: post #79

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What is stopping the governments from changing the laws to make it illegal? I do not understand the concept of expecting an entity to pay taxes they are not liable for paying.

The issue is that the governments offering tax evasion to corporations are smaller countries that use their evasion schemes as a competitive advantage against larger countries. The incentive for a big country like the US is to make these companies pay their domestically accrued taxes, but the incentive for a small country like Ireland is to attract these companies to come open offices and do business locally at all.…

Post by commoner » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:32 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #170

commoner wrote: post #163

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By migrating from Apple's 30% fee to a payment processor that charges only 3%, your revenue would increase by 38.6%. The only way that additional revenue would not make up for your development cost is if your revenue were low in the first place. There are plenty of developers who would gladly integrate another payment API for the additional revenue.

My revenue wouldn't necessarily increase(unless maybe price reduction drives the sales enough), my costs due to Apple's commission will decrees and my development and legal costs will increase.

Post by vincnetas » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 1:34 PM UTC

germandiago wrote: post #91

stirlo wrote: post #4

Finally. This is exactly how regulators should respond to the market abuse of these technology monopolies. If they wanted to head this off all they had to do was pay a reasonable amount of tax in the country where the revenue was generated and offer a reasonable (single percentage) fee for facilitating payments. They chose not to so they reap what they sow

one of the first regulations that make sense: more free market. As long as there are regulators with a lot of power there will be incentive to corruption anyway. I like free competition. Something that Google and Apple were trying to prevent. But putting all in the hands of an ever-increasing state is not the way to go either. Though I gree with the decision.