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App marketplace study underway in South Korea as part of in-app payment antitrust probe

By Wooyoung Lee ( April 22, 2021, 08:05 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and Google’s rules for app developers on app stores will be the target of a new app marketplace study by the South Korean competition regulator as part of its ongoing probe into Google’s in-app payment policy and wider scrutiny into unfair trade practices in app marketplaces. The Korea Fair Trade Commission plans to launch a five-month study that will include a comprehensive survey on conduct in the app marketplace.Apple and Google’s rules for app developers on app stores will be the target of a new app marketplace study by the South Korean competition regulator as part of its ongoing probe into Google’s in-app payment policy and wider scrutiny into unfair trade practices in app marketplaces....

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