Google to remove these 10 popular apps from the Play Store
Google's Indian may remove some apps from the Play Store in India for failing to pay service charges for using its App Store platform.
Tech giant Google’s Indian may remove some apps from the Play Store in India for failing to pay service charges for using its App Store platform. Google to remove these 10 popular apps from the Play Store. This includes names like Matrimony.com, which runs BharatMatrimony and InfoEdge, which reportedly runs a similar app, JeevanSati.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder of InfoEdge, confirmed receiving a notice from Google, the report said. He added that the company is following Play Store policies. “We have no outstanding invoices from Google. All have been paid on time,” he was quoted as saying in the report. Matrimony.com has not confirmed the growth.
However, sources cited in the report said that it is one of the companies. Shares of Matrimony.com fell 2.7 percent after the news broke, while shares of Info Edge fell 1.5 percent. Google announced on Friday that it may remove apps belonging to 10 companies that do not adhere to payment terms. However, no names were mentioned in the blog post.
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“For an extended period of time, 10 companies, including many well-established companies, have decided not to pay the enormous value they receive on Google Play by seeking interim protection from the courts,” Google said in a blog post. Earlier, companies such as Tinder’s parent company Walt Disney and Match Group had sought legal action against Google over its policy of charging a ‘service fee’ of 11 to 26 per cent on in-app purchases in India.
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Google started charging service fees after the antitrust directive questioned Google’s earlier 15-30 percent fee structure and mandated acceptance of third-party payments.
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