Apple rel=”nofollow” href=”https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=074b3wzz”>announced it will allow alternative app stores in Japan and will permit developers to process payments for digital goods and services outside of its own in-app purchase system in iOS. The iPhone maker is not making these changes because it wants to be more open; it’s being forced — in this case, to comply with the country’s Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA), which is now going into effect.
With rel=”nofollow” href=”https://developer.apple.com/support/app-distribution-in-japan/”>this update, Apple’s App Store revenues are being impacted in another major market due to anticompetition laws and regulations. The…

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