日本应用开发者联盟谴责苹果和谷歌对外部支付引入新佣金，称其违反最近的一部法律。移动内容论坛敦促日本公平贸易委员会调查这些做法。开发者认为，这些费用削弱了替代计费选项的可行性。
移动内容论坛是一个代表约70家公司的行业团体，周四发表声明，谴责苹果和谷歌对其应用商店外处理的支付收取新佣金。该团体表示，苹果的手续费高达15%，谷歌则高达20%。 该《移动软件竞争法》自12月起全面生效，要求苹果和谷歌等科技巨头允许应用开发者引导用户前往外部网站进行应用内功能或内容的低成本交易。作为回应，这些公司征收了这些费用，并迫使开发者监控并报告这些网站上的用户活动以强制收费，据该论坛称。该团体称此举“不可辩解”，并扰乱了外部选项，辩称它未能真正减轻开发者的财务负担。 该团体内的批评者强调，这种跟踪优先考虑利润而非用户隐私。人们曾寄望该法能降低应用价格，但人们越来越担心其影响可能被这些反制措施削弱。 日本公平贸易委员会必须调查潜在违规行为。该委员会一位官员表示：“我们希望听取相关方的各种意见，然后讨论我们应该采取什么行动。”
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Google has reached a settlement with Epic Games to resolve their long-running antitrust dispute, paving the way for Fortnite's return to the Google Play Store worldwide. The agreement includes reduced fees for developers and support for third-party app stores on Android. Changes are set to roll out starting in June in select regions.
Apple has announced it will reduce App Store commissions in mainland China from 30% to 25% for standard rates, and from 15% to 12% for small business and mini-app partners, effective March 15. The move has been welcomed by Chinese gaming firms Tencent and NetEase, which see it as having long-term constructive significance for China's mobile app ecosystem.
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Japan's Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into Microsoft Corp. on suspicion of violating the anti-monopoly law by charging higher licensing fees to businesses using its software on rival cloud services, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. The commission conducted an on-site inspection of the IT giant's Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo the same day. Microsoft stated it will cooperate fully with the probe.
Google has reached a preliminary $135 million settlement in the class-action lawsuit Taylor v. Google LLC, which accused the company of transferring data from Android phones without users' permission, using cellular data. The agreement covers U.S. Android users with cellular plans from November 12, 2017, onward. A final approval hearing is set for June 23.
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Australian regulators are poised to require app stores to block AI services lacking age verification to protect younger users from mature content. This move comes ahead of a March 9 deadline, with potential fines for non-compliant AI companies. Only a fraction of leading AI chat services in the region have implemented such measures.