Indian regulator announces antitrust lawsuit against Google
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Google has not yet resolved this lawsuit and has also been sued by Indian regulators in the Indian market.
India’s anti-monopoly regulator has filed anti-monopoly lawsuits against Google. The anti-monopoly lawsuits filed by India this time are mainly focused on Google Play. If you install apps from Google Play, you must also use the Google in-app purchase system.
India has a population of billions and the development of the Internet is relatively low. This is exactly the case with the huge potential of the Internet in the Indian market and the main position of major technology giants.
The Indian market is also currently the market with the largest number of downloads in Google Play. Although the Indian market is relatively low in terms of payment, it obviously has great potential in the future.
Although Google Play Store in the Indian market does not require all apps to be listed on the store, it must use the Google payment system if it is to be listed.
Including the purchase of an app through Google Play Store need to pay a commission, if it is installed apps from the Google store, the subsequent payment must also pay a high commission.
In terms of the percentage of commission, Google and Apple are both 30%. Many Indian developers have complained to the user government that Google’s commission is too high and affects its development.
The Indian anti-monopoly regulator did not disclose the requirements of the anti-monopoly lawsuit, only that it would review a series of policies of Google using Android in India.
For example, whether Android manufacturers actively promote Google Pay during the initial setup of Android devices and whether to provide options so that users can refuse to use Google Pay.
The regulator believes that the Google Play Store’s billing system is designed to pay and commission through in-app purchases, which is not good for developers or consumers.
This is also the case when the regulatory agency announced a lawsuit against Google after receiving a large number of complaints from developers. By then, Google may face huge fines and modify its in-app purchase policy.
Via: Yahoo
