South Korea might set precedent for curbs on Apple, Google app-store charges
South Korea might set precedent for curbs on Apple, Google app-store charges
$Alphabet Inc-CL A(GOOGL.US)$ and $Apple Inc(AAPL.US)$ are set to take a blow in South Korea from a new law that requires them to open their app ecosystems to competing payments systems, but a more severe hit could come from the rules creating a precedent for other countries.
$Alphabet Inc-CL A(GOOGL.US)$和$蘋果(蘋果美國)$韓國的一項新法律要求它們向競爭對手的支付系統開放應用生態系統,這將對它們造成打擊,但更嚴重的打擊可能來自為其他國家開創先例的規則。
The dominance of Google and Apple over app-store payments is on the radar of regulators worldwide and the bill passed in South Korea might pave the way for similar regulation elsewhere.
谷歌(Google)和蘋果(Apple)在應用商店支付方面的主導地位受到了全球監管機構的關注,韓國通過的這項法案可能會為其他地方的類似監管鋪平道路。
Around a fifth of Apple's revenue in fiscal 2020 came from services including its app store, while the business segment including Google's app store represented about 12% of revenue last year at its parent Alphabet Inc. South Korea accounts for just 1.7% of Apple's revenue and makes up 1.8% of Alphabet's revenue, according to FactSet data as of September and December 2020, respectively.
蘋果2020財年約五分之一的營收來自包括應用商店在內的服務,而包括谷歌應用商店在內的業務部門佔其母公司Alphabet Inc.去年營收的12%左右。FactSet截至2020年9月和12月的數據顯示,韓國僅佔蘋果營收的1.7%,佔Alphabet營收的1.8%。
App-store charges likely represent a small fraction of that. The bill seeks to prevent app-market operators from requiring the use of their in-app purchasing systems, threatening the commissions that Apple and Google charge.
應用商店收費可能只佔其中的一小部分。該法案旨在阻止應用市場運營商要求使用他們的應用內購買系統,威脅到蘋果和谷歌收取的佣金。
Once the bill is signed into law, app developers should be able to look for alternative payments systems, potentially lowering costs, while payment providers like $PayPal (PYPL.US)$, $Amazon.Com Inc(AMZN.US)$, Stripe and $Square, INC.(SQ.US)$ could target the in-app purchase market.
一旦該法案簽署成為法律,應用程序開發商應該能夠尋找替代支付系統,潛在地降低成本,而支付提供商,如$PayPal(PYPL.US)$, $亞馬遜(AMZN.US)$、條帶和$Square,Inc.(SQ.US)$可以瞄準應用內購買市場。
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