Paytm, other Indian startups vow to fight 'big daddy' Google's clout: sources

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Dozens of India's technology startups, chafing at Google's local dominance of key apps, are banding together to consider ways to challenge the U.S.

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the sign of"Google for India", the company's annual technology event in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Sankalp Phartiyal/File PhotoNEW DELHI: tech giant, including by lodging complaints with the government and courts, executives told Reuters.

He said executives have discussed forming a new startup association aimed chiefly at lodging protests with the Indian government and courts against the Silicon Valley company. "If we together don't do anything, then history will not be kind to us. We have to control our digital destiny," Sharma said. Google declined to comment. It has previously said its policies aim to protect Android users and that it applies and enforces them consistently on developers.This week the U.S. company angered some Indian startups by deciding to enforce a 30per cent commission it charges on payments made within apps on the Android store.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

 

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