South Korea fines Google $32M for using market power to stymie rival app store

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission today slapped Google with a ₩42.1 billion ($32 million, £26 million) fine for attacking a rival app store with anticompetitive practices. The fine concerned a local app store named OneStore that launched in 2016. As OneStore came to market, Google started to tell developers that it would not …

[Kevin Johnston]

So...

Google are still refining their options to maximise their control at the minimum cost? Would be useful to have had the normal 'x minutes of profit' definition for the fine.

[J.G.Harston]

Your bread is for sale in the Co-op? Sorry, your bread won't be sold here in Asda.

Ok, I'll just go to the Co-op.

[DJV]

₩42.1 billion / $32 million / £26 million

Is that all?

That's total peanuts to Google. Fines MUST be high enough to be a proper deterrent, otherwise they are a waste of time.

[Detective Emil]

Well, at least …

Google hasn't said "We take x very seriously" in response to this finding. Possibly because it doesn't.

[DS999]

Google allows alternate app stores

Until it looks like they might be able to compete with the Play Store!