Google removed popular apps of 10 Indian companies from the Play Store on March 1, 2024, after which the Government of India took cognizance of the matter and these apps were returned to the Play Store.
Google Play Store: Recently, Google took strict action against some Indian app developers and removed them from the Android Play Store, after which the government took cognizance of the matter and the apps were returned to the Play Store. App developers have suffered huge losses during this time frame, which they have informed about. Developers say that due to Google removing the apps from Play Store and returning them, their business has suffered a loss of up to 40 percent.
According to the report of Business Standard, Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group and Shaadi.com, says that after the removal of the app from the Google Play Store, the business has reduced by 30-40 percent. Anupam Mittal had earlier condemned this move of Google and said that this is a dark day for India's internet. Google has removed big apps from its App Store. This shows that he has very little respect for India. This is the new East India Company, this levy should be stopped.
'A decline of about 40 percent was seen'
Talking to Business Standard, SnehilKhanor, CEO of matchmaking app Truly Madly, says that this move of Google has had a deep impact on his business. He said that on the first day, the app was removed from Google Play Store, TrulyMadly's business was affected by 20-25 percent. After this, there was about 40 percent decline in business on Saturday.
It is known that after issuing a blog post, Google removed popular apps of 10 Indian companies from the Play Store on March 1, 2024. These apps include the names of many popular apps in India including matrimony apps. Google had removed Kuku FM, Bharat Matrimony, Shaadi.com, Naukri.com, 99 acres, Truly Madly, Quack Quack, Stage, ALTT (Alt Balaji) from the Play Store, after which after the strict stance of the government, these apps were returned to the Google Play Store.
