Online dating app company Match Group file a lawsuit On May 9, Google accused the tech giant of illegally monopolizing Android by forcing apps to use its billing system.
Match Group, which owns 45 global dating sites including Tinder, PlentyOfFish and OKCupid, claims Google’s in-app payment policies are anti-competitive.
Google holding company ‘hostage’, lawsuit says
In a lawsuit filed in the Northern California District Court, Match Group said:
“Ten years ago, Match Group was a Google partner. We are its hostage now. Once it cornered the Android app distribution market through Google Play…Google is trying to ban alternative in-app payment processing services so it can download apps from Android Get a slice of almost every in-app transaction on the Internet.”
In addition to monetizing the personal data of billions of digital app users, Google charges apps a 15-30% service fee for in-app purchases. Competition group announcement.
“These high ‘fees’ force developers to charge users more for their services and utilize resources they would otherwise have invested in our people, technology and features requested by users,” Match Group said in the announcement.
Match group tries to load for free, Google responds
In response to the lawsuit, Google published a blog post It has accused Match Group of seeking to unfairly exploit Google’s free investment in the platform.
In a blog post, Google stated:
“After years of benefiting from Google Play, Match Group is doing everything in its power to avoid paying for its huge gains — including abusing the courts, lobbying policymakers, and even advising investors that an alternative billing system could exempt them from paying Valuable service they get from Google Play.”
Google has refuted the allegations made against it, claiming that its fees are among the lowest in the major app stores and that the fees cover the entire range of Google Play services, not just payment processing.
The tech giant’s response also noted that Android is the only mobile platform that offers alternative distribution options, and that apps don’t need to be distributed through Google Play.
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