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Match Group, the company behind popular dating apps such as Tinder, Match, and OkCupid, is suing Google over its restrictive billing policies on the Play Store. In its complaint<\/a>, Match Group claims Google \u201cillegally monopolized the market for distributing apps\u201d on Android by forcing apps to use Google\u2019s own billing system and then taking a cut of the payments.<\/p>\n

Match Group\u2019s complaint plays off an earlier lawsuit Epic Games filed against Apple in 2020<\/a>, alleging that Apple engaged in \u201canti-competitive\u201d behavior by demanding a 30 percent commission on in-app purchases in the iOS app store, among other charges. Although the final ruling was mixed<\/a>, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers was particularly skeptical of the payment monopoly claims, saying that Apple has the right to license its intellectual property with a fee and that it \u201caccomplishes this goal in the easiest and most direct manner\u201d with its payment system.<\/p>\n

While Google says it always required certain types of in-app payments to be carried out through its billing service, the company made it clear in 2020<\/a> that it wants all<\/em> apps selling digital goods to use its billing system. This, of course, lets Google collect up to a 30 percent commission. Google did, however, slash that percentage to 15 percent for the first $1 million<\/a> a developer makes in March 2021 and later did the same for music streaming apps and subscriptions<\/a> last October. Even so, Match Group accuses Google of employing \u201cbait and switch tactics\u201d for allegedly misleading developers about its payment policies.<\/p>\n

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