executives of dozens of Indian tech startups have gathered to look at ways to challenge Google, such as filing complaints with the government and the courts.
According to Arabiyanet, these Indian startups are resentful of Google's local domination of major apps.
Google has worked closely with the booming startup sector in India and ramped up its investment there, but recently angered many tech companies with what it described as unfair practices. / p>
The companies discussed forming a new consortium, mainly aimed at protesting the Indian government and the courts against Google.
and nearly 99% of the smartphones of half a billion users in India run Google's own Android operating system.
Some Indian startups say this allows Google to exercise greater control over the applications and other services it can provide, a claim the company denies.
The uproar began last month when Google removed the popular payments app (Paytm) from its store, indicating that it violated the policy.
This led to sharp criticism from the founder of the Indian company, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, whose application returned to the Google platform a few hours later, after we got (Paytm) has some changes.
and the US company angered some Indian startups this week with its decision to impose a 30% commission on in-app payments via the Android store.
And many Indian companies criticized this decision, and Reuters said: There are discussions in order to submit anti-trust complaints and contact the president of Google in India for discussions.
Google defends the policy, saying that 97% of apps worldwide adhere to it.
The company is facing an antitrust case related to its payment implementation in India and a competition investigation into allegations that it misused Android's dominant position.
These disputes are straining Google's strong relationships with Indian startups, as it has invested in some of them and helped hundreds in product development.
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