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App Store payment platform monopoly ending in Korea; other countries likely to follow

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<p>Apple’s <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">App Store[/url] payment platform monopoly is ending in South Korea after an <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] law was passed, affecting both the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iPhone[/url] maker and Google. This is expected to encourage other countries to enact similar laws.</p>
<p>Currently, the App Store is the only way for developers to sell iOS apps, and they are not allowed to direct users to any third-party payment platform within their apps. That will now change … </p>
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