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

The Alliance of Digital India Foundation on Thursday said Google is blatantly disobeying CCI orders and charging app developers an exorbitant 11-26 per cent commission even if they opt for alternative billing system. “Google has recently changed its billing requirement for app developers wherein it has mentioned that if a user pays through an alternate billing system, the Google plays service fee will be reduced by 4 per cent… Therefore, despite not using any service from Google, app developers will be forced to pay commissions to Google,” ADIF said in a statement. ADIF said that in doing so Google is blatantly disobeying CCI orders. Google’s move is a “clear violation” of a specific direction of the CCI that the company shall not impose any condition on app developers, which is unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory, or disproportionate to the services provided to the app developers.