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Google, Apple in legal tangle in South Korea
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigated Google for allegedly blocking local smartphone makers from using other operating systems.
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This file photo taken in Paris on April 29, 2018 shows the Google logo displayed on a screen and reflected on a tablet. Google delays plan to phase out browser-tracking 'cookies'. It will be pushed back into mid-2023. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)
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outh Korea's antitrust regulator on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc's Google 207 billion won ($176.64 million), saying the US technology giant abused its dominant market position to restrict competition in the mobile operating system market.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigated Google for allegedly blocking local smartphone makers from using other operating systems.
The fine is the latest antitrust setback for Google in South Korea. Earlier this month, parliament passed a bill to ban major app store operators such as Google from forcing software developers to use their payment systems and effectively stopping developers from charging commission on in-app purchases.
KFTC said the fine could be the ninth-biggest it has ever imposed, Reuters reported.
Google was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Apple refused to reinstate the wildly popular "Fortnite" game to its South Korean App Store Friday despite a new Seoul anti-monopoly law that effectively outlaws its lucrative digital payment platform, escalating an ongoing dispute with videogame developer Epic Games.
The two firms are at the forefront of a global contest between delivery platforms and content creators on how revenues should be divided, with billions of dollars at stake.
