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Google just sued Match, Tinder could be kicked out of the Play Store very soon


Google has now countersued Match seeking monetary damages and a judgment that will make them kick Tinder and the group’s other dating apps out of the Play Store. Previously this year, Match Group sued Google alleging antitrust violations over a decision requiring every Android developer to process digital goods or services payments through the Play Store billing system.

After the initial lawsuit in May, Google and Match reached a temporary agreement that would allow matches to remain on the Play Store and use its payment system. And Google has also agreed to make a good faith effort to address matches billing concerns.

However, the parent company of Google, Alphabet, is now claiming that the match group wants to avoid paying nothing at all to Google, including their 15 to 30% play store fees, according to a new court filing. According to a document, “Match Group never intended to comply with the contractual terms to which it agreed… it would also place Match Group in an advantaged position relative to other app developers,”

Match is referring to an antitrust action launched last year by the US and the federal government probe being Google’s play store fees. Shortly before that, Google dropped its fee on app developer revenue 15% of the first $1 million and 30% after that.

Google just sued Match, Tinder could be kicked out of the Play Store very soon

Google just sued Match, Tinder could be kicked out of the Play Store very soon


Google has now countersued Match seeking monetary damages and a judgment that will make them kick Tinder and the group’s other dating apps out of the Play Store. Previously this year, Match Group sued Google alleging antitrust violations over a decision requiring every Android developer to process digital goods or services payments through the Play Store billing system.

After the initial lawsuit in May, Google and Match reached a temporary agreement that would allow matches to remain on the Play Store and use its payment system. And Google has also agreed to make a good faith effort to address matches billing concerns.

However, the parent company of Google, Alphabet, is now claiming that the match group wants to avoid paying nothing at all to Google, including their 15 to 30% play store fees, according to a new court filing. According to a document, “Match Group never intended to comply with the contractual terms to which it agreed… it would also place Match Group in an advantaged position relative to other app developers,”

Match is referring to an antitrust action launched last year by the US and the federal government probe being Google’s play store fees. Shortly before that, Google dropped its fee on app developer revenue 15% of the first $1 million and 30% after that.

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