Days after CCI ruling, Google pauses enforcement of Play billing for app developers in India

Google is pausing the enforcement of its Google Play billing system for in-app purchases for app developers based in India. Indian app developers were supposed to comply with this requirement by October 31, 2022, which lapsed yesterday. But Google has now suspended this requirement, a decision that comes after two antitrust rulings against Google by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Google’s support page notes, “Following the CCI’s recent ruling, we are pausing this enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Google Play’s billing system for the purchase of digital goods and services for transactions by users in India while we review our legal options and ensure we can continue to invest in Android and Play.”