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Apple makes a major concession! Allow some programs to bypass the App Store for payments

苹果将允许“阅读器”应用程序添加一个应用内链接，以便用户跳转到外部网站进行注册并支付费用，这一变化适用于杂志、报纸、书籍、音频、音乐和视频等应用程序，将于明年年初在全球范围内实施。

Apple makes a major concession! Allow some programs to bypass the App Store for payments

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Spotify, Tinder's parent company Match Group, and several others have all said in recent years that tech giants shouldn't have a monopoly on payment systems.</p><p>On Tuesday, South Korea's parliament passed a bill banning Apple and<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Google</a>The operation of such App stores forces App developers to use their designated payment system, and 180 of the legislators who attended the meeting (out of 188) voted in favor.</p><p>The bill would make South Korea the first country to impose restrictions on Google and Apple's payment policies. The law also gives the Korean government the power to mediate disputes regarding payment, cancellation and refund in the app marketplace. 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