Google: Google said on Friday, March 1 that it is going to implement its App Store billing policy. This means that the company and its apps which do not follow Google's app billing policy can be removed from the Google Play Store.
This tech giant Google further said that they have more than 2 lakh Indian developers using Google Play Store, who follow their policy. But there are 10 Indian companies which have chosen not to pay for the service.
What did Google say?
Google said in one of its blog posts that, "After giving these developers more than three years to prepare, including three weeks following the Supreme Court order, we are taking some necessary steps to ensure that our policies are in place throughout the system. But continued enforcement, as we do globally for any policy violations."
Let us tell you that there are some internet companies like Matrimony.com and Shaadi.com, which did not follow Google's rules and hence Google wants to remove them from Google Play Store. These companies had approached the Supreme Court not to be removed from the Google Play Store, but on February 9, 2024, the Supreme Court refused to pass an interim order to protect the removal of the apps of such companies from the Google Play Store. And said that the next hearing of this case will be on March 19.
Supreme Court did not defend
Let us tell you that these app developers of India had approached the Supreme Court against the order of Madras High Court, which had rejected their petition challenging the implementation of Google's app billing policy, but the Supreme Court Refused to defend them on Play Store. Now it has to be seen what decision the Supreme Court gives in the hearing to be held on March 19 and what action Google takes against these apps.
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