Apple set up alternative app stores and external payments in Japan similar to how it is being handled in the EU, but developers say it has “no economic incentive” and want to pay nothing to Apple.
iOS in Japan has been opened up to alternative app stores, but there’s a problem
An ongoing snafu between Apple, Epic, and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has led to an injunction forcing Apple to allow external payments without collecting a commission. While that is being appealed in the US, developers in Japan want similar treatment.
According to a report from The Japan News, seven IT-related industry groups comprising over 600 companies released a statement asking Apple and Google to eliminate new commissions. They mean the ones for alternative app marketplaces and externally linked purchases that were forced into place by the Mobile Software Competition Law (MSCL).
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