South Korea fines Google and Apple over unfair app market practices
South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet's Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews.
South Korea has imposed fines totaling 63.7 billion won on Google and Apple. The fines stem from accusations of abusing their app store market dominance. This included forcing developers to use their payment systems and unfairly delaying app reviews.
- South Korea fined Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million).
- The companies are accused of abusing their dominance in app store markets.
- Practices included forcing local developers onto their own payment systems.
- Unfairly delaying app reviews was also cited as a reason for the fines.
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