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A possible outcome of this regulation: all Android and iOS payments get disabled in South Korea, paid apps become unavailable.

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Such a move might embolden lawmakers in jurisdictions already considering similar laws.

uh, so what?

I struggle to understand acting as if those things were some incredibly important stuff just like water, internet, computers,

or something that nobody would risk losing e.g via standing to fight against its vendor

Maybe losing those will result in creating new, more open and less vendor locking alternatives

That would be complete suicide by Apple & Google though...

How so? They’ll lose just the SK market, that’s not even in the top 5 of markets for them.

That would trigger a wave of countries who would like to imitate that by creating local competitors. If they fail so badly in korea, every country will want to replicate that.

Another possible outcome: apps with external payment methods will end up at the bottom of the search rankings.

Or, a bold red message in the AppStore description saying "WARNING: This app accepts payment through a scary, untrusted payment system! You're likely going to be scammed! Are you sure you want to download this potentially fraudulent app?"

I don't think that's likely. It would be a suicidal PR move.

If anything is going to shake up law enforcement and regulators it's these megacorps holding things hostage because they don't want to comply.

That move's going to have a massive consequence on America's ongoing legislative process regarding the Open Market Act, which got bipartisan supports.

Any action may have a hundred different potential results. Simply calling out one of them (devoid of any context, I might add) is not useful conversation.

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