ADIF Accuses Google Of Disobeying CCI Orders And Charging App Developers Unfair Commissions

Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) on Thursday said Google is blatantly flouting CCI orders and charging 11-26 per cent commission from app developers even if they opt for an alternate billing system.

ADIF, a policy think tank focusing on Indian digital startups, has urged authorities including the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to look into the matter and ensure that Google complies “in letter and in” with specific directions from the Competition Commission of India does. Soul”.

“Google has recently changed its billing requirement for app developers wherein it has been mentioned that if a user pays through an alternate billing system, the Google play service fee will be reduced by 4 per cent… Hence, Google, despite not using any services from the app, will be forced to pay commission to Google, ADIF said in a statement.

ADIF said that by doing so, Google is openly flouting the orders of CCI.

“This is nothing but another blatant attempt by Google to evade its obligation under law and while Google claims that these changes are clearly in response to regulatory developments, the said changes are in violation of the measures mentioned in the CCI order gross violation,” ADIF said.

Google’s move is in “clear violation” of a specific CCI directive that the company shall not impose any condition (including price condition) on app developers that is unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory or inconsistent with the services to be provided by the app. Developers.

“Moreover, there is no transparency as to why Google would charge 11-26 per cent even when the user avails a third-party processing service. This becomes even more problematic considering that most of the transactions done in the app digital ecosystem do not use GPBS (Google Play Billing System),” it said.

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