The litigation comes as part of an ongoing battle by Match, Epic Games and others to force Google-parent Alphabet and iPhone maker Apple to loosen their grips on their respective app stores
Google has made it clear that it will remove Match apps from the Play store if they don't comply with the modified Play Store rules. (Credits: Shutterstock)
San Francisco, United States: Tinder parent Match Group on Monday filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco accusing Google of abusing monopoly power at its Play Store that sells digital content for Android-powered phones.
The litigation comes as part of an ongoing battle by Match, Epic Games and others to force Google-parent Alphabet and iPhone maker Apple to loosen their grips on their respective app stores.
Match's filing came after Google modified Play Store rules to require its family of apps to use the internet giant's payment system, which collects fees of up to 30 percent on transactions, court paperwork explained.
Google has made it clear that it will remove Match apps from the Play store if they don't comply with the rule, Match said in the filing, saying such punishment would be a "death knell."