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Maybe more like China. Having a nationalized tech ecosystem/infrastructure isn't unique to isolated countries.
I get the sentiment about tacking ์ง๊ตฌ at the end due to the recent developments. But the main chart is outdated, or at least biased.
Both Google Maps and Apple Maps are available in Korea. As a matter of fact, Apple Maps can even be used for TBT navigation in a car. Google Maps has also relented some time ago and is now providing full-resolution maps. It's just that some functionalities are weirdly missing. In the case of Google Maps, navigating via cars or walking aren't supported, but it works for public transportation. For Apple Maps, it's the reverse... and also Find My is blocked. So the maps deserve a circle or at least a triangle.
Also, what's up with Apple Pay getting a triangle mark? It's not really the fault of Apple that NFC transaction is not as widespread in Korea. Also, you can use Apple Pay in India just fine (first-hand experience).
If anything, Uber would need a triangle mark since the app itself does work, but only for hailing taxi due to the laws.
Also, what's up with Apple Pay getting a triangle mark?
Probably the limitation on actually adding cards to it. In other countries you can add pretty much any credit card or bank card to it. Plus transportation cards.
Only hyundai card user can use apple pay in korea now. Maybe that is why there is triangle mark on there.
Isnt Amazon available in Korea?
You can ship (some items) from Amazon US/other to Korea. And there is some kind of weird partnership with 11st. But there is no 'Amazon Korea' domestic site as there is in many other countries.
They're limiting that too
Funnily on the Japanese web, the right wingers there are pissed at how foreign companies dominate.
Uber works just fine, I used it yesterday in Korea. Amazon is here for years now with 11st, Twitch left because they think Korea is not profitable enough and about Google service ? They just don't wanna pay tax like every other IT companies in Korea, Naver CEO complaines about it quite often saying it's unfair Google pay zero coporaetax while making massive profit in Korea. If Google decide to move their HQ from tax heaven to Korea everyone would welcome them.
Uber works just fine
This statement should be qualified. It's possible to use the Uber app to call a regular/regulated taxi. It is not available to use its full functionality as a ride sharing or private driver service.
Whether it should be is another question, but let's be clear about what is possible.
I don't get this. We have Naver Map and Kakao Map. We have Samsung Pay. We have Coupang. We have Danggun Market. We have Kakao Taxi. We have... AfreecaTV.
I'm not sure what the point of this diagram is.
If it was in English I would say it looks like American excepionalism but??
It makes sense by current laws. To drive people around you need a permit which is crazy expensive. I think around 80m์ and they will need to take all kind of tests. Actually it is quite similar to many other countries, just that the permit is the most expensive one I know of.
Uber usually has freelancers without a permit working for them. Korea simply doesn't allow just any random person to do that kind of work.
Not even close; Paris Taxi permit are at 300 000$, in New York it was 1m$ before Uber arrived
This is true. Most of them aren't "banned," the companies just think they can't make enough profit since there already are Korean companies. But Uber, Twitch, and the new "์ง๊ตฌ" are true problem because they're actually banned by the government.
We have Afreeca TV because we cant have twitch. Culture is a bit different with those two imo. Tho I do agree with all the other ones, especially, Naver and kakao maps. I don't use Google Maps at all.
The case with Twitch seemed like bullying out a competitor, but I guess in reality there is a streaming service that's meant for Koreans. It's just harder to earn money on it because it's not very acessible to the global viewers.
Yeah, now that I think about it. That could be true too. But not being able to use twitch is like not being able to use Youtube, and having to use a domestic service because of that. This is all due to the fact that our internet companies refused to do extra work to expand the physical bandwidth of the internet to decrease traffic because it cost so much. From what I heard, in the internet world, increasing physical bandwidth in the area that you make money in is like an unspoken rule, which they refused to do. They made twitch pay extra for all the extra traffic they were creating which they had to expand themselves Imao. Twitch couldn't handle it and left. Them leaving is the unfortunate byproduct of corporate misconduct. That is why KT kinda lost popularity, and lgu+ internet markets went up when this happened (though I have to admit lgu+ did good marketing too). No matter the reasons, we are slowly showing symptoms of the galapagos syndrome, where we are forced to use domestic products, with no "real" competition.
Who cares? The only one that is kind of nice is Google/Apple Pay because you need that for overseas and stuff.
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IMAO, we are officially a hell hole now.
I donโt know about the rest, but the public opinion on ์ง๊ตฌ was that there needs to be some kind of a regulation on Chinese retailers like Temu or Shein dominating the local market. Monkeyโs paw dude, be careful what you wish for.