Finalfine · Antitrust (Competition Act, 2002)
CCI fines Google ₹936 crore over Play Store billing
₹9.4B
≈ $113M at the time
Competition Commission of India
India · 2022
Status: Final
What happened
In a companion decision, the CCI fined Google for forcing app developers to use Google Play Billing and its associated commission.
How it affected users
In-app payment costs were inflated for Indian users through mandatory billing.
Status timeline
Oct 25, 2022
Penalty announced.
Sources
- Competition Commission of Indiaregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "CCI fines Google ₹936 crore over Play Store billing," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2022-10-25. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/google-india-play-2022/