[KCC reveals outlink blocking policy the day after enforcement of the In-App Payment Forced Prevention Act]
/Graphic = Design reporter Lim Jong-cheol Google blocked the way to avoid in-app payment fees. Google announced that by the end of this month, mobile content apps that do not apply in-app payment will not be able to update from April, and may be removed from the app market from June. Despite the worlds first app market regulation law, Googles forced in-app payment has come true.
According to the industry on the 18th, Google said to domestic app developers on the 16th, “If you do not delete its own payment system, you cannot submit app updates from April 1, and apps that do not comply with the policy by June 1 can be downloaded from Google Play. All will be deleted from ” announced. Googles △In-App Payment △In-App Payment will not allow other payment systems except for third-party payments.
This is interpreted as a full-fledged opposition to the Korean government. Googles such policy is governed by the Korea Communications Commissions ‘In-App Payment Forced Prevention Act’ It came out the day after the enforcement ordinance began to be enforced. The Korea Communications Commission added the term “access” to the prohibition on the App Market, and explicitly prohibits the “App Market from guiding and promoting other payment methods through outlinks, etc. by app developers.” It has been banned,” he said.
Currently, most mobile content providers are using the mobile web payment method using the payment system of PG providers. In this case, an in-app payment fee is not charged, but this mobile web payment method cannot be used from April. In order to reduce the burden of fees, the industry has been demanding the introduction of a system that allows users to connect to and make payments through outlinks within the app to the Internet homepage.
However, as Google did not allow the outlink method, the domestic mobile content industry could not avoid a 30% fee. In response to the question “Can the app developer guide the user to a separate payment method?”, Google answered, “Directly link to a web page that can be linked to other payment methods within the app, or You must not do anything that uses language that encourages you to purchase digital goods.”
Moreover, Apple is also pushing ahead with the existing in-app payment without issuing follow-up measures to the enforcement ordinance of the Korea Communications Commission, raising concerns in the industry.
An industry official said, “In fact, Google did not recognize the Korea Communications Commissions enforcement ordinance” and said, “Mobile apps are updated at least twice a month, but the fact that the app market blocks this means that you should not do business in reality.” did. Another official said, “I liked that the In-App Payment Prevention Act was passed for the first time in the world, but I am disappointed that nothing has changed.”
Regarding this, a Google official said, “There is no content that can be shared other than the information notified to the app developer.”
