Match Group and Google Reach an Interim Compromise Over App Payments

Match Group, the parent company of dating apps Tinder, Hinge and OkCupid, is getting along better with Google, just by a little bit. From a report: On Friday, Match withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order against the company, which it accuses of wielding unfair monopoly power in its mobile app marketplace. Match filed an antitrust lawsuit against the search giant earlier this month over the company's restrictions on Android in-app payments, which drive app users toward remaining in its mobile ecosystem. The company filed the temporary restraining order request a day after suing Google.

Match cited a handful of "concessions" from Google in its decision to withdraw the restraining order request, including assurances that its apps would not be rejected or deleted from the Google Play Store for providing alternative payment options. The company will also place up to $40 million aside in an escrow account in lieu of paying fees to Google directly for Android app payments that happen outside of Google Play's payment system, arguing that those fees are "illegal under federal and state law." The escrow account will remain in place while the case awaits its day in court.

Guilty like a puppy sitting next to a pile of poo

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

When Google makes concessions to avoid an antitrust lawsuit, it's a clear sign that they know perfectly well they're guilty, because they would have no problem paying as many attorneys as they need as long as it would take to fight a lawsuit they would win.

Smart move Match.com. Also, the antitrust regulator should take notice. If they were willing to do their job that is...

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[Ed Tice]

They aren't making concessions to avoid a lawsuit. Both sides agreed to a truce while the lawsuit plays out. Match will set aside the fees that they otherwise would have paid to Google (in case they lose). In exchange, Google won't drop Match's apps from the apps store until the end of litigation.

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