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A US court ordered a lawsuit lodged against Google over allegations of illegally monopolising the app distribution market for Android devices could proceed as a class action case, covering more than 21 million consumers.

Google detailed further amendments to its Play Store developer terms as part of ongoing efforts by the search giant to alleviate scrutiny regarding potential market dominance.

A trio of US Senators set out proposed legislation designed to boost competition in the mobile app market, and challenge the apparent dominant position of Apple and Google.

Google took a decision to reduce the charges it imposes for some Google Play developers globally by half from 1 July, in an effort to address increased pressure from app makers.

Google pushed back a pending deadline for enforcing its billing policy on in-app purchases in India to April 2022, following reports the country is developing an alternative app marketplace to eliminate the often controversial 30 per cent fee the…

Apple removed popular gaming title Fortnite from its App Store today (13 August), after creator Epic Games introduced a discounted direct payment option for iOS and Android in violation of Apple and Google’s marketplace policies.

Dutch regulators launched an investigation into whether Apple abused the dominant position of its App Store to give favourable treatment to its own apps, adding the probe could expand to include Google’s practices.