Google’s ongoing feud with Match Group over in-app payments has spilled over to India, with potentially significant ramifications for the search giant. Match Group, the parent company of Tinder and Hinge, has joined a group of Indian startups in requesting that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigate Google’s User Choice Billing system.
The CCI is the same regulatory body that last year barred Google from requiring OEMs to bundle first-party Google apps and services with Android. The order, which Google began to reluctantly implement at the start of the year, also mandates Google to support third-party billing options.
