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Google said on Wednesday that its Google Play\u2019s payments policy is compliant with the Indian watchdog\u2019s order and it is moving ahead with plans to enforce the policy in the South Asian market, weeks after some developers sought to suspend Google\u2019s in-app billing fee system alleging it was not compliant with the watchdog\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2020, we clarified the requirements of our Payments policy and developers in India have had considerable time to make the necessary changes to their apps. We\u2019re respectfully following the CCI\u2019s October 2022 order, and in compliance with that order, we expanded user choice billing to all developers in India and updated our policy that went into effect starting April 26, 2023,\u201d the company wrote in a blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n Google said the service fee it accrues from developers allows it to fund the large investments it has made for the growth of India\u2019s app ecosystem. The company insisted that its fees \u2014 15% of lower for most developers \u2014 is the lowest of any major app store and a 4% reduction in that fee for those who implement an alternative billing system \u201cfairly reflect that Google Play\u2019s billing system has not been used.\u201d<\/p>\n Less than 60 of the over 200,000 Indian developers on Google Play currently could pay a service fee of above 15%, Google said, citing its own estimations.<\/p>\n In India, a key overseas market for Google where the company has deployed over $10 billion, developers will have three billing options \u2013 Google Play\u2019s billing system, alternative billing system alongside Google Play\u2019s, and pay on a consumption-only basis without paying a service fee. Google will start notifying developers about the change, whose deadline expired last month, it said.<\/p>\n