Google Loses at Supreme Court, Ordered to Pay 202 Billion Rupiah Fine to Indonesia

Indonesia’s Supreme Court (MA) rejected the technology company Google’s cassation petition on Tuesday, 10 March 2026. The decision concerns allegations of monopolistic practices and abuse of dominant position related to the implementation of the Google Play Billing payment system on Play Store in Indonesia.

“The rejection of the cassation petition concludes all legal remedies pursued by Google in case No. 03/KPPU-I/2024 concerning the application of the Google Play Billing System on digital application distribution services through Google Play Store,” the Supreme Court stated in its official ruling.

The decision was handed down by a judicial panel chaired by Syamsul Ma’arif alongside members Nurul Elmiyah and Nani Indrawati.

Following the ruling, the sanctions previously imposed by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) on Google remain in force, including a fine of 202.5 billion rupiah.

This case has been ongoing since 2022, with the KPPU determining Google’s violation in January 2025. Google rejected that decision and appealed to the Central Jakarta District Court in February 2025. Google subsequently pursued further legal action by filing a cassation petition to the Supreme Court, which was ultimately rejected in March 2026.

Google is alleged to have violated Articles 17, 19 (a) and (b), and Articles 25 (1) (a) and (b) of Law No. 5 of 1999 on the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition.

Google allegedly required companies distributing applications through Google Play Store to use the Google Play Billing (GPB) System. Non-compliance would result in Google threatening to remove applications from the Play Store. This policy was deemed to benefit Google while disadvantaging developers.

According to KPPU research, Google Play Store is Indonesia’s largest application distribution platform, with a market share of 93 per cent. For GPB usage, Google charges service fees of 15 to 30 per cent of the purchase price to application developers.

The GPB usage policy mandates that applications downloaded from Google Play Store must use GPB as their transaction method. Content providers or application developers must comply with GPB requirements. Four types of applications are subject to mandatory GPB usage.

Additionally, developers are not permitted to use alternative payment methods. Google also prohibits the use of alternative payment methods within GPB, and applications that fail to comply with these policies will be removed from the Google Play Store.