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While I don't know the specific causes. You might be interested to know that South Korea has a very strong history of preferring clones to the original software
by drawnwren 10y ago
While I don't know the specific causes. You might be interested to know that South Korea has a very strong history of preferring clones to the original software. Some of it is cultural and linguistic, but Korea also has a very protectivist market. The examples I can think of, Naver over Google, KakaoTalk over Whatsapp/Messaging, KakaoTaxi over Uber, 1km/Hello There over Tinder.
Edit: Actually, Kakao's (the company) business model is to take apps from the West and remake them for the Korean market.
(Talk - Messaging, Music - Music Streaming, Taxi - Taxi Hailing, Story - Facebook)
- mchaver 10y agoWhat are the protectionist policies (not cultural or linguistic causes) that prevent non-Korean mobile apps from succeeding in South Korea?
- wodenokoto 10y agoThe iPhone was delayed several years in Korea because it didn't have Korean security/encryption software and was therefore considered insecure. I haven't heard about app level barriers but I wouldn't be surprised
- dba7dba 10y agoHard to see how apps can be kept out lime iPhone was. Unless you are China.
- drawnwren 10y agoWhile I don't have specific examples of this being abused. I would point out that there are actually country/region specific app stores, not one unified store. It's very common for software to not release globally. For example, much to the chagrin of most of my Thai friends, Pokemon Go is still not available in Thailand.
- dba7dba 10y agoNaver beat Google because lack of English based content, according to this article: http://searchengineland.com/naver-the-google-of-south-korea-11627 http://searchengineland.com/naver-the-google-of-south-korea-... It's not because of protectionism.