South Korea legislators on Tuesday approved the first law in the world that requires app stores to let users pay for in-app purchases through multiple payment systems, a blow to the market dominance of Apple and Google, which opposed the bill. South Korea’s National Assembly passed amendments to the country’s Telecommunications Business Act that prevent app marketers like Google and Apple from forcing certain payment methods, unfairly delaying the review of mobile content and unfairly… Source link
Read More »South Korea passes ‘Anti-Google law’ bill to curb Google, Apple in-app payment commission – TechCrunch
After a number of delays, South Korea’s National Assembly today voted to approve the passage of its “Anti-Google law.” Nicknamed after the search giant but more wide-ranging, the law will prevent Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app billing systems when building apps for their two market-dominating app stores . This is the first time globally that a government has intervened to prevent Google and Apple from imposing their own payment… Source link
Read More »Final vote delayed for Korea’s plan to ban Google and Apple in-app payment rules – TechCrunch
As Apple and Google continue to face increasing scrutiny over the rules they set for how third-party apps in their app stores charge for services, a significant development in that story is going down in South Korea. South Korea’s parliamentary committee passed on Wednesday (25 August) a landmark bill to prevent Google and Apple from charging software developers’ commissions on in-app purchases, the first of its kind in the world. The final vote by all members of… Source link
Read More »Google app’s in-app browser gets new swipe up feed to show related content
Google has been experimenting with the in-app browser implementation in the Google app for well over a year now. The company first removed the Chrome Custom Tab implementation in favor of a new in-app browser back in April last year. However, the in-app browser was pulled soon thereafter as it wasn’t particularly well-liked. A few months down the line, the Google app received the new in-app browser once again with a couple of tweaks. Earlier this year, Google redesigned the in-app browser… Source link
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