India’s competitors regulator is fining Google $113 million over anti-competitive practices with its app retailer Google Play, in keeping with a press launch from the Competition Commission of India. Specifically, authorities in India believes app builders ought to be allowed to make use of fee processors of third events reasonably than being pressured to make use of Google’s.

Google requires app builders to make use of the Google Play Billing System to obtain funds each for paid apps and in-app purchases, one thing the Competition Commission of India has ordered Google to cease doing throughout the subsequent three months.

“Making access to the Play Store dependent on mandatory usage of GPBS for paid apps and in-app purchases is one sided and arbitrary and devoid of any legitimate business interest. The app developers are left bereft of the inherent choice to use payment processor of their liking from the open market,” the Competition Commission of India mentioned in a statement revealed on-line Tuesday.

The regulator additionally expressed concern over Google’s so-called “anti-steering” guidelines, which ban app builders from directing potential prospects to a third-party web site for fee. Doing so is in opposition to Indian regulation, in keeping with the regulator.

As the BBC notes, Google was hit with a $161 million advantageous simply final week from the identical regulator in India for having market dominance with its Android working system.

Payment programs are a contentious challenge in tech, with Apple releasing new guidelines this week demanding a lower of any NFT gross sales by way of web3 apps—an announcement that wasn’t properly acquired within the blockchain group. Apple takes a 30% fee from all app gross sales throughout its platform.

Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark early Wednesday. We’ll replace this text if we hear again.