Google said Wednesday that an Indian court order ordering the company to pay a minimum 4 percent in-app fee for Disney’s advertising in the country was temporary until the court’s decision.
Disney in India went to court in what is the latest and most high-profile challenge to Google’s policy of imposing 11-26 percent “fees” on in-app payments. The fee for the service was introduced after the antitrust law banned Google’s original fee of 15-30% and forced Google to agree to pay someone else.
An Indian court on Tuesday ruled that Google should receive a minimum 4 percent royalty on in-app purchases Disney + Hotstarand I can’t remove the Disney app from its Indian app store, which is very difficult for Google’s paid businesses.
“This order is temporary, and the 4 percent temporary fee that the developer will pay to Google each month while these cases are ongoing,” Google said in a statement.
Google must follow the court’s order until it is overturned or modified.
Disney, which runs the popular Disney+ Hotstar app in India, has challenged Google’s new payment method in a court in India’s Tamil Nadu state. His lawyers argued that Google is threatening to remove the Hotstar app if it does not comply with the new payment method.
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