According to a report released by Tech Crunch, Google has postponed its plan to implement the 30% commission rule within the app in India. The new Play Store billing rules will not take effect until April 2022. For the rest of the world, the new Play Store rules will go live in September 2021.
Indian startups and companies vehemently criticized the latest 30% commission rule in the Play Store app, saying it would eat into their revenue and profits. It is reported that the Indian government is still considering entrepreneurs’ requests to challenge Google’s monopoly on the Indian Play Store. Google’s postponement of the latest Play Store billing system is likely to be a direct response to India’s call for an alternative to the Play Store.
It is reported that the search giant is listening to the opinions of Indian developers and is willing to dispel their concerns.
Naijatechnews understands that Google’s Android system has a huge market share of 99% in India . As early as 2016, India’s application market grew on a large scale, with Google Play’s application downloads surpassing that of the United States, becoming the largest country and region. However, only a small percentage of Indian consumers pay for Play Store subscriptions, which explains why Indian startups and companies severely criticize the new Play Store billing system rules.
At the same time, Paytm, an Indian e-commerce payment company, today launched a mini app store for Indian developers. Paytm’s new app store is essentially a PWA, including popular apps such as Decathlon, Ola, Rapido, Netmeds, 1MG, Domino’s Pizza, FreshMenu, and NoBroker.
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