“This may cause a risk of anti-competition or government-related issues,” one memo from a meeting at Google Korea said. The KFTC further claimed that Google was aware that the practice was anti-competitive. “Google makes substantial investments in the success of developers, and we respectfully disagree with the KFTC’s conclusions,” a KFTC spokesperson said.
The KFTC went on to say that the move by South Korea against Google was part of efforts by the government to ensure fair markets.
