Anupam Mittal

Google on Friday removed several popular apps by ten Indian developers from its Play Store, citing non-compliance with billing policies. This move has sparked a contentious dispute between the tech giant and Indian developers over what they perceive as Google’s "unfair" policies. But less than a day later, it started reinstating some of the apps on the Play Store, which began complying with its billing norms. Which apps have been impacted?Among the delisted apps were Bharat Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony, Tamil Matrimony,…

Google on Friday delisted several prominent apps by ten Indian developers from its marketplace Play Store for “non-compliance with billing policies”, triggering fresh conflict with a number of local internet firms that have been at loggerheads with the American giant over what they term its “unfair” policies.The delisted apps include Bharat Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony, Tamil Matrimony, Marathi Matrimony as well as Matrimony.com’s Jodii and People Group’s Shaadi.com as well as dating apps Truly Madly and QuackQuack.…

Four more companies — streaming player Altt, audiobook portal Pratilipi, art and design platform Crafto and Tamil publisher Ananda Vikatan — have approached the Madras High Court seeking relief against Google's payment policy implementation.Several companies including Matrimony.com, Shaadi.com, Unacademy, Kuku FM and TrulyMadly had earlier approached the high court, challenging Google’s notice asking them to either adopt the company’s mandated billing route or risk being removed from its Play Store."It is clear that…

Google is asking Indian app developers to mandatorily use its Google Play Billing System (GPBS) in territories outside India, failing which their apps will be delisted from Google Play Store in 14 days, founder of Shaadi.com’s parent company People Group Anupam Mittal said. In a tweet, Mittal said: “Received a call from @Google today mandating their payments for Indian developers in continued violation & disregard of @CCI_India orders & Indian laws. Neo-colonialism at its worst! Hope the media, courts &…