The agency has ordered Google to allow third-party payments in the Play Store within three months. It said that Google cannot impose any anti-steering measures on app developers and must not impede their ability to promote applications and services to customers. Similarly, the corporation cannot prevent consumers from using developers’ services and features.
According to the Competition Commission, Google must be completely upfront with Play Store developers and cannot impose any constraint on them that is “unfair, unjustified, discriminatory, or disproportionate to the services given to the app developers.” Furthermore, Google will be required to have a clear and transparent data-collecting strategy, and it would be prohibited from using “competitively relevant transaction/consumer data of applications created and acquired” through the Google Play Billing System to gain a competitive advantage.
