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May 9, 2022 08:46 pm
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/09/2046257/match-sues-google-over-app-store-billing-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Match Sues Google Over App Store Billing Rules
Match Group accused Alphabet's Google in a lawsuit of acting as a monopolist with its app store billing rules, the latest escalation in a brawl over the mobile-app industry. From a report: Match Group, which operates dating apps such as Tinder and OkCupid, alleged that Google breaks federal and state laws and abuses its power with a requirement that app developers use its billing system on Android devices. "Ten years ago, Match Group was Google's partner. We are now its hostage," Match Group said in a complaint filed Monday in northern California federal court. "Blinded by the possibility of getting an ever-greater cut of the billions of dollars users spend each year on Android apps, Google set out to monopolize the market for how users pay for their Android apps." Google, like Apple, has faced enormous recent legal and political scrutiny over the commission fees and billing restrictions both companies apply to paid services in their app stores. Congress is currently weighing a bill to force Google and Apple to change their business models.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/05/09/2046257/match-sues-google-over-app-store-billing-rules?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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