UK watchdog looks at Google’s proposals giving freedom to app developers on Play Store

Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday it was looking into proposals offered by Alphabet Inc’s Google, which would give app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play’s billing system.

Britain’s investigation in June last year raised concerns that Google’s complete control over in-app payments unfairly restricted app developers, by forcing them to use Google Play’s billing system, and was reducing competition and hurting users.