Google, Indian apps agree on four-month truce in billing fee faceoff
Google and Indian internet companies have agreed to a four-month extension in the timeline for payment of service fees to the Android maker.
The development marks a pause in the acrimonious face-off between Indian internet firms and Google over the US firm’s billing policies that finally prompted the Indian IT ministry to step in to play peacemaker.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Professional Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitOn Tuesday, Google said it was restoring the status quo for hundreds of apps by ten developers including Info Edge, Matrimony.com, People Interactive, Truly Madly, Kuku FM and Altt, which allowed them to offer in-app purchases to their users.
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Google also said it will invoice its full applicable service fees in the interim, with an extended payment timeline for these ten companies.
“Today, most of the delisted startups are back up with in-app billing as before. A 120-day period has been agreed upon to come up with a solution that is non-monopolistic & reflects free-market forces. This is required for long term viability of Indian startups & a thriving digital economy that can create millions of jobs,” Anupam Mittal, founder of People Interactive, which operates the Shaadi.com portal, said on X (formerly Twitter).
Earlier, the apps had returned to the Google Play Store after they removed the in-app payment
