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Google Play allows alternate billing in India in-app app purchases
November 02, 2022
A Google spokesperson told Entrackr that the company had no comment to offer beyond the update to its developer help documentation website, where the extension was announced.
Indian developers had already benefited from an interim exception to this rule, with the deadline for enforcement extended all the way to October 31, 2022. That extension was offered in view of “unique circumstances with the payments landscape in India,” Google said; prominent Indian developers and companies had pushed back against the rule, such as Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.
The CCI order has now essentially pushed that deadline indefinitely, as Google explores legal options to combat the prohibition on requiring Google Play billing.
Even in the European Economic Area and South Korea, two jurisdictions where Google has been compelled to allow alternate billing mechanisms, Google requires app developers to pay a reduced commission on in-app purchases.
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