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Some Indian brands are in dispute with Google over paying Play Store fee

Apps were removed for non-compliance with payment policy.

The Times of India says that while Google didn’t name specific firms, prominent apps such as Matrimony.com, Bharat Matrimony, and audio platform Kuku FM were all missing from the Play Store. A hearing is set to take place on March 19 in India’s Supreme Court to decide whether or not Google’s behavior concerning its payments policy is an abuse of its dominant position in the market. According to Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar (as per the Economic Times), the removal of those apps “impacts the government’s goal of keeping the internet open and making sure consumer choices are not distorted and there is no market power abuse.” It won’t be long until we find out whether the Supreme Court in India agrees with this or not.

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