The match group, which also owns Tinder and OKCupid, also wants to take action against Google. A lawsuit has been filed in the US over allegations that Google’s policies on the Play Store violated federal and state antitrust laws. Specifically, it’s about things that Google actually wants to tackle, or rather: have to. The partnership with Spotify was only recently announced, which ensures that the streaming company can establish its own payment system alongside Google’s.
We remember: Both Google and Apple have to take criticism from all sides because providers want to offer their apps on the platforms but do not want to pay the fees, which are too high from the point of view of companies and developers.
The current case relates to Google’s actions in 2020. Apps that sell digital goods must use Google’s payment system – 30% of the sales then go to Google. However, Google last year lowered that percentage to 15 percent for the first $1 million a developer earns and did the same for music-streaming apps and subscriptions in October.
Ten years ago, Match Group was Google’s partner. Now we are his hostage. Match Group claims Google lured and misled developers when it came to payment services. “Once Google monopolized the market for distributing Android apps with Google Play by riding on the backs of the most popular app developers, it tried to ban alternative in-app payment processing services to get a share of almost every in- Get app transaction on android.
And the test run that Google is doing with Spotify? Spotify was the only company allowed to participate as a participant in the pilot program, the Match Group’s efforts were allegedly not met, and one was turned away.