Finalfine · Antitrust
KFTC fines Google KRW 207B over Android restrictions
₩207.4B
≈ $177M at the time
Korea Fair Trade Commission
South Korea · 2021
Status: Final
What happened
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission fined Google for blocking device makers from using customised (forked) versions of Android.
How it affected users
The restrictions limited the range of Android-based devices available to Korean consumers.
Status timeline
Sep 14, 2021
Penalty announced.
Sources
- Korea Fair Trade Commissionregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "KFTC fines Google KRW 207B over Android restrictions," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2021-09-14. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-southkorea-android-2021/