South Korea Fines Google $32 Million for Blocking Games on Competing Platform (reuters.com) 13
South Korea's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet's Google 42.1 billion won ($31.88 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on a competitor's platform. From a report: The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store's revenue and value as a platform, by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for providing in-app exposure between June 2016 and April 2018.
Google said it will review the final decision by the KFTC to evaluate the next course of action. "Google makes substantial investments in the success of developers, and we respectfully disagree with the KFTC's conclusions", a spokesperson said. The KFTC said the move against the U.S. technology giant is part of efforts by the government to ensure fair markets.
Google said it will review the final decision by the KFTC to evaluate the next course of action. "Google makes substantial investments in the success of developers, and we respectfully disagree with the KFTC's conclusions", a spokesperson said. The KFTC said the move against the U.S. technology giant is part of efforts by the government to ensure fair markets.
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It is that it is just most of the time the things they do are stupid.
what fine will apple get for there store lockin? (Score:3)
what fine will apple get for there store lockin?
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If you have examples of Apple Store lock-in that affects South Korea you should provide them to that government.
But back to the topic of Google, my reading is that in exchange for app exposure/promotion, Google required exclusivity for those apps. The article does not mention the length of the exclusivity. The article also does not mention if this agreement was forced upon app makers as the short article suggests it was an optional agreement. If that is the case I fail to see that anything was wrong with a
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[...] I fail to see that anything was wrong with a quid pro quo agreement.
It's wrong because your apps basically don't appear if you don't pay, and they own the platform so they write the algorithms that make it so.
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It's wrong because your apps basically don't appear if you don't pay, and they own the platform so they write the algorithms that make it so.
WTF are you talking about as seems you are either not presenting details or in many cases in your posts, just making things up with no evidence.
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WTF are you talking about
Which word did you find confusing? Be specific, I'm not going to guess.
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Another ridiculously low fine... (Score:3)
If I had to pay an equivalent fine in a similar proportion to my income, it would amount to $35.
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But it sounds so bigger when you state it in won.
42 billion! That's a ton of won.
Re: Another ridiculously low fine... (Score:2)