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70% of Japan smartphone games bypass in-app payments to avoid IT giants (mainichi.jp)
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Nearly 70 percent of popular Japanese smartphone games have introduced external payment systems for items and services to avoid hefty commission fees from U.S. tech giants Google LLC and Apple Inc., a Kyodo News tally showed.

The move comes ahead of a new Japanese law tightening regulations on Google and Apple, which dominate smartphone platforms, set to take full effect in December. The legislation requires the two companies to open their payment systems.

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[-] tomiant@programming.dev 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

[...] two tech giants say the [30%] fees are necessary to protect user privacy and security

Bruh...

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

I thought this wasn't allowed per the Play Store terms?

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9858738?hl=en&ref_topic=9857752&sjid=16260947845819804194-NA

Play-distributed apps requiring or accepting payment for access to in-app features or services, including any app functionality, digital content or goods (collectively “in-app purchases”), must use Google Play’s billing system for those transactions

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

The move comes ahead of a new Japanese law

Law trumps terms.

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