Indian Startups Cry Foul as Google Removes 100+ Apps Over Billing Policies, Seek Antitrust Action
• Indian startups ask antitrust body to order Google to restore removed apps after "brazen move" • Google removed over 100 Indian apps, including popular ones, for not complying with policy on alternate in-app payment systems • Startups have complained to antitrust body CCI that Google violating 2022 directive on alternate billing systems • App removal will cause "irreparable harm," startups say; Google says it's following policies • India's IT Minister says such app removal "cannot be permitted," plans to write to Google to have apps reinstated