Why did Google take action against 10 Indian developers? Here's all you need to know
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Why did Google take action against 10 Indian developers? Here's all you need to know

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Google has announced that it will remove some Indian apps from its Play Store. “After giving these developers more than three years to prepare, including three weeks after the Supreme Court’s order, we are taking necessary steps to ensure our policies are applied consistently across the ecosystem, as we do for any form of policy violation globally,” Google wrote in a blog post. Google has sent notices of Play Store violations to Indian companies Matrimony.com, which runs the app BharatMatrimony, and Info Edge, which runs a similar app, Jeevansathi. Google says its fee supports investments in the app store and the Android mobile operating system, ensuring free distribution, and covering developer tools and analytic services. Just 3% of the more than 200,000 Indian developers who use the Google Play platform are required to pay any service fee, it added.

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