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.
TL;DR
- 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.