Google India Postpones Mandatory 30% Play Store Commission Until March 31, 2022

Google has delayed the implementation of its proposed mandatory 30% charge on Play Store transactions in Bharat following reports that leading developers in the state are mulling the cosmos of a new Android app store with support from the government to circumvent the US tech behemothic's new billing policies, which went live globally on Sunday, October fourth. This new policy is being deferred merely in India, which has been the primary focus for the company in its quest for the so-called 'adjacent billion users'.

In a statement released earlier today, Purnima Kochikar, Director of Business Development of Games & Applications at Google Play, said: "(We're) extending the time for developers in India to integrate with the Play billing system, to ensure they have enough time to implement UPI for (the) subscription payment selection that volition exist made available on Google Play — for all apps that currently use an alternative payment arrangement we set a timeline of 31st March 2022".

The company is besides "setting up listening sessions with leading Indian startups to understand their concerns more securely. We volition be setting up Policy Workshops to assist articulate any additional questions virtually our Play Store policies … We have ever said developers should have a choice in how they distribute their apps, and that stores should compete for consumers' and developers' business," she said.

The movement comes simply days afterwards Google announced new Play Store billing policies that seek to enforce a mandatory xxx% committee on every in-app purchase made through whatever app listed on the Play Shop. Following that announcement, dozens of companies discussed forming a coalition to pressure Google and Apple tree to reduce their demand, saying that a xxx% cut is simply unfeasible.