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> I’m guessing though that the South Korean market is be significant enough for Apple and Google to not just pull out it’s business from South Korea and call it a day.

I think that's right. The next step would be for a large enough market to have a similar law, and then they'll just have that as their policy globally. That probably means EU or US.




The next step is Apple completely disabling IAP in Korea with a message that pops up telling the user which law is responsible.


> That probably means EU or US.

Or the UK, which has a larger economy than South Korea. Although going after big tech is not, as far as I know, on the radar of the UK government.


> Or the UK, which has a larger economy than South Korea

Wait for the Brexit dust to settle and IndyRef2 to happen.




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