broke some rules of the shop determined by the iPhone manufacturer.
Alliance of Digital India Foundation, a 350 member group of Indian Startupssaid that it is expected that app developers in India will now have the option to choose payment methods outside the Apple and Google ecosystems.
“We sincerely hope that the development will force introspection on the part of Apple and Google to act less like a toll collector and more like a service provider,” ADIF Executive Director George Kuruvilla said in a statement. “It is important that the Indian government also enacts laws to ensure that the interests of Indian startups and developers are protected.”
giving feedback Apple App Store rulingPaytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma tweeted, “India should review the long overdue demand from Indian developers and force Google’s Play Store to allow other payment systems in Android apps.”
A US federal judge has struck down some of Apple’s App Store rules, allowing the company to send its users to other payment systems for developers, in a partial victory for ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games and other app makers. was forced to However, the judge did not require Apple to require app makers to use their own in-app payment systems, one of Epic’s top requests, allowing Apple to charge 15-30% for its own in-app payment system. Allows to continue charging commission, news agency Reuters
informed of.
adif
appealed to the government To mandate Google and Apple to allow users to pay for in-app purchases outside the payment ecosystem of tech companies. This will also mean that developers can reduce commissions as well – up to 30% for paying for in-app purchases.
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“Such a move will revolutionize the app economy in India as well as put more money in the hands of developers,” said ADIF’s George.
global pressure
Terming the US court’s decision “a landmark decision”, George said that as it comes “within a week after the South Korean bill, the decision signals the global consensus that is the anti-competitive action adopted by Apple and Google.” in the name of practices of App Store policies.”
In what is considered a global first, South Korea’s parliament last month
approved a law Banning technology platforms, including Google and Apple, from forcing developers and companies to use only their proprietary billing systems.
Last week, Microsoft President Brad Smith
told reporters That next year more countries could introduce rules that would mandate such Internet platforms to allow more payment mechanisms for developers for in-app purchases.