Apple cannot be allowed to tax developers and consumers for payments they do not even process. South Korea's elected leaders passed this landmark law to prevent exactly this type of anticompetitive behavior. We are grateful for their continued leadership on this issue. https://t.co/KSqoyDFl2e
— Coalition for App Fairness (@appfairness) January 11, 2022
What's important to note when Apple discusses "alternative" payments systems: the company still mentions a platform fee (albeit reduced). This means that Apple would provide a payments API for non-iTunes payments, but not allow carte blanche web payments https://t.co/zHVTITGCCP
— Eric Seufert (@eric_seufert) January 11, 2022
— Eric Seufert (@eric_seufert) January 11, 2022
I hope Apple’s move here isn’t another fake opening of payment systems as Google recently announced. Payment processors charge fees for payments they process. It’s outrageous for a platform monopoly to charge fees for transactions they have nothing to do with. We’ll see! https://t.co/Aw6clSd0EO
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) January 11, 2022
A crack in the walled garden
— Whole Mars (@WholeMarsBlog) January 11, 2022
Apple is now required by law to support alternative payment systems for the App Store in South Korea, and they say they will comply. https://t.co/72ne0soUcW