S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
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#2In other news: JY Lee has just came out from behind the bars.
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#3Based on South Korean parliament records, the amendment bans app store operators with dominant market positions from forcing payment systems on content providers and "inappropriately" delaying the review of, or deleting, mobile contents from app markets.
It also allows the South Korean government to require an app market operator to "prevent damage to users and protect the rights and interests of users", probe app market operators, and mediate disputes regarding payment, cancellations or refunds in the app market.
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#4Based on South Korean parliament records, the amendment bans app store operators with dominant market positions from forcing payment systems on content providers and "inappropriately" delaying the review of, or deleting, mobile contents from app markets. It also allows the South Korean government to require an app market operator to "prevent damage to users and protect the rights and interests of users", probe app ma…
It's clear the days of this oligopoly operating unchallanged are numbered.
I dont know a single person outside of the SV bubble who is buying 'mah free market!' argument so prevalent here.
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#5What about Steam? They control 90% of PC gaming and even charge regressive commissions, with higher rates for smaller developers.
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#6In other news: JY Lee has just came out from behind the bars.
What is the connection to this piece of news?
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#7What about Steam? They control 90% of PC gaming and even charge regressive commissions, with higher rates for smaller developers.
Steam doesn't own the underlying platforms that they are selling on. This is the biggest issue for me regarding Apple. Even with Android, at least you have some escape hatches, although they are not very user friendly.
Re: S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
#8What about Steam? They control 90% of PC gaming and even charge regressive commissions, with higher rates for smaller developers.
May be because gaming industry is not as important as yet as a the device that is used by almost majority of the world population?
Also no one is forcing anyone to install steam. And steam is not the only way to get games to work as intended on your PC.
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#9I don't know if it's still the case but last I was in SK, there were no walking directions on Google Maps. My understanding was that Google was prohibited to incorporate this in order to favor local competitors.
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#10Took way too long