Google removes 23 Indian apps from Play Store due to policy violation

Due to their noncompliance with Google’s payment policy, at least 23 apps created by ten Indian developers were removed from the Play Store on Friday. Google removes 23 Indian apps from Play Store due to policy violation.

Google removes 23 Indian apps from Play Store due to policy violation

The thirteen apps created by Matrimony.com, including Jodii, Kerala Matrimony, and Bharat Matrimony, are included in this. And three InfoEdge applications are included: Naukri.com, Naukri Recruiter, and 99Acres. Additionally, Shaadi.com, Altt (formerly ALTBalaji) from Balaji Telefilms, and the streaming platforms Stage and aha comprise the list.

Also gone from the PlayStore were the music streaming app Kuku FM and the dating app Quack Quack, as well as Truly Madly.

Actually, the business notified some app developers the previous year that their apps might not adhere to Google’s charging guidelines. Google eventually took action and removed ten of the contested apps from the Google Play Store after informing these developers. Google has not yet released the whole list of all the contested apps.

It was a “dark day” for the Indian internet, according to Anupam Mittal, the founder of Shaadi.com. He claimed that despite “legal hearings being held” at the Supreme Court and the Competition Commission of India (CCI), Google proceeded with the delisting.

In line with its policy to remove their apps from the Google Play store, the tech giant asserts that Indian app developers have been in violation of its app charging rules for an extended period of time.

“After giving these developers more than three years to prepare, including three weeks after the Supreme Court’s order, we are taking necessary steps to ensure our policies are applied consistently across the ecosystem, as we do for any form of policy violation globally,” Google said.