Google has been slammed with a fine of 202 billion rupiah (US$12.37 million) by Indonesia's antitrust body for engaging in unfair business practices pertaining to its Google Play Store payment mechanism.

Commenced in 2022, the probe looked into allegations that Google forced Indonesian app developers to adopt Google Pay Billing by abusing its market dominance.

The organization said that developers had to pay up to 30 percent in fees or risk having their apps taken down from the marketplace.

The anti-monopoly laws of Indonesia are broken by this activity.

According to the agency's results, Google holds a 93 percent market share in Indonesia, a country with 280 million people and a developing digital economy.

Even in other nations, Google has also been sued over its practices regarding the Google Play store.

In a November court filing, Google in the US demanded that a judge's decision in an antitrust case filed by Epic Games be overturned. The tech behemoth would have to alter its Google Play app store as a result of the decision, which Google challenged.

A jury found in December 2023 that Google had broken antitrust law by entering into revenue-sharing agreements with device makers that block competitor app shops. Epic had sued Google and Apple in August 2020, claiming that they had blocked competition for rival app stores.

In April 2023, Google announced plans to expand payment options for developers who promote products on its British Play store in the UK.