Google has responded to the challenge of the company behind Tinder with its own challenge. There will be twists and turns in Lakituva.
Google wants the option to remove Tinder from the Play app store. Unsplash
Google has sued Match Group. Match Group is the company that owns Tinder and several other dating services and apps. The subject of the dispute is money and Google’s latest move is a response to the challenge previously made by Match Group, says Bloomberg.
Match Group sued Google in May, accusing the giant of monopolistic behavior in its billing. The disagreements are related to Google’s app store Play Store, where Google takes its share of the payments that are made through the apps.
Google’s parent company Alphabet, on the other hand, is now accusing Match Group of financial damages and breach of contract. According to it, the Tinder company would like to benefit from Play Store without paying anything for its use. In this way, the company would be in an unfair position compared to those developers who respect their contracts and offer Google compensation for the benefits they receive, Google describes in its complaint.
Google wants not only monetary compensation, but also the option to permanently kick Match Group’s dating apps out of its app store.
Match Group responded to Google’s challenge by describing the company’s actions as anti-competitive and in violation of federal and state laws.
In its response, Match Group cites Google’s challenge as an example of how a monopoly company uses its power to intimidate developers. Match Group states that Google does not want other app developers to take legal action, so their challenge is a warning shot to others.