{"id":663198,"date":"2024-11-29T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=663198"},"modified":"2024-11-29T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:03:07","slug":"googles-gaming-app-policy-to-be-investigated-by-cci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/663198\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Gaming App Policy to be investigated by CCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-663199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/google_play_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/>The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated an investigation into Google\u2019s gaming app policies concerning real-money games, following a complaint from online gaming platform WinZO, which alleged discriminatory practices.<\/p>\n<p>This development adds to Google\u2019s regulatory challenges in India, where the tech giant has already faced multiple penalties for misusing its dominant position in the Android ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Google has not yet commented on the matter, as the complaint coincided with the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States and after Indian working hours.<\/p>\n<p>WinZO, known for offering real-money games, first approached the CCI in 2022. The company raised concerns about being excluded from Google\u2019s Play Store despite updates to the platform\u2019s policies. Google\u2019s revised policy allowed real-money games for fantasy sports and rummy but continued to block apps like WinZO, which also features games such as carrom, puzzles, and car racing that do not fit Google\u2019s criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The CCI\u2019s order highlighted that Google\u2019s policy favors certain categories, creating an unfair market structure. \u201cBy granting preferential treatment to select app categories, Google effectively creates a two-tier market where some developers are accorded superior access and visibility while others are discriminated against and thus, left with a competitive disadvantage,\u201d the order stated.<\/p>\n<p>The CCI has instructed officials to complete the investigation within 60 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated an investigation into Google\u2019s gaming app policies concerning real-money games, following a complaint from online gaming platform WinZO, which alleged discriminatory practices. This development adds to Google\u2019s regulatory challenges in India, where the tech giant has already faced multiple penalties for misusing its dominant position in the Android ecosystem. Google has not yet commented on the matter, as the complaint coincided with the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States and after Indian working hours. WinZO, known for offering real-money games, first approached&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":663199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663200,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663198\/revisions\/663200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}