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Google pulls popular Indian apps from store over fee dispute

Google said on Friday it will start removing apps from its Play Store in India if developers fail to comply with its payment policy, taking a definitive Google has called out 10 Indian companies for evading Play Store fees, and warned them of app removal.

Google said on Friday it will start removing apps from its Play Store in India if developers fail to comply with its payment policy, taking a definitive stand weeks after the top Indian court granted the Android-maker with relief. “After giving these developers more than three years to prepare, including three weeks after the Supreme Court’s order, we are taking necessary steps to ensure our policies are applied consistently across the ecosystem, as we do for any form of policy violation globally,” the company wrote in a blog post. Companies that had filed the petitions included Bharat Matrimony, Shadi.com, Unacademy, Kuku FM, Alt Digital Media and Info Edge.

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