that it would begin requiring app-makers to use its system, which charges fees for each payment made through an app. Though Google’s Android operating system allows apps to be downloaded outside its app store, the vast majority of people use the official Google app store.
“Google lured app developers to its platform with assurances that we could offer users a choice over how to pay for the services they want,” Match Group’s attorneys wrote in the complaint, filed Monday in federal court in the Northern District of California. “Now, Google seeks to eliminate user choice of payment services and raise prices on consumers by extending its dominance.