Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it will add the option for developers to offer alternative billing systems on its Android app store in South Korea, complying with a recently passed law in the country.
The country’s National Assembly approved a new law in late summer, commonly referred as the anti-Google law, that mandated that mobile app store operators open up their platforms to outside payment handlers and give users a choice of how to pay. At issue in the matter are the long-established platform fees that Google and close rival Apple Inc. collect from every in-app payment -- typically a 30% charge that they justify on the basis of providing security for users and wide distribution for developers.
