Google has agreed to allow developers to offer alternative payment options in its app store following a probe by the UK’s competition watchdog over the tech giant’s dominance.
The Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday said Google had pledged to allow app developers the freedom to break away from its Google Play billing system in the UK and use alternatives to process payments in the app, in a move long resisted by the big tech group.
The draft commitments come after the CMA launched enforcement action against the search engine company last year for potential breaches of competition law by forcing app developers to use Google Play’s payment system to process in-app purchases.
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