Company: MTCH
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000891103-25-000027
Chunk: 69

Company: Match Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 69
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Additionally, when our users and subscribers access and pay through the app stores, Apple and Google may receive personal data about our users and subscribers that we would otherwise receive if we transacted with our users and subscribers directly. Apple and Google have restricted our access to much of that data.

Both Apple and Google believe they have broad discretion to unilaterally change the terms and conditions governing their respective app stores, including, among other things, the amount of, and requirement to pay, certain fees associated with purchases required to be made through their payment systems. Apple or Google could also make changes to their operating systems or payment services that could negatively impact our business, including by unilaterally raising the prices for those services. For additional information, see “Item 1A Risk factors—Risks relating to our business—Distribution and marketing of, and access to, our services rely, in significant part, on a variety of third-party platforms, in particular, mobile app stores. If these third parties limit, prohibit, or otherwise interfere with features or services or change their policies in any material way, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.”

The manner in which Apple and Google operate these services is being reviewed by legislative and regulatory bodies globally and challenged in courts in multiple jurisdictions. Notably, the European Union (the “EU”) has, under the Digital Markets Act, designated Apple and Google as “gatekeepers.” As such, we expect Apple and Google to be restricted from, among other things, (i) imposing fees or other requirements that are not fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory to all application developers and (ii) prohibiting application developers from informing users about alternative payment options, offering their own in-app payment systems and making their applications available through alternate app stores on iOS and Android devices or through direct download. In addition, the Republic of Korea has adopted legislation that prohibits Apple and Google from requiring that developers exclusively use Apple and Google to process payments. Further, courts and regulators in several jurisdictions, including the U.S., France, India, and the Netherlands have found that certain app store commissions and policies, such as the requirement that application developers exclusively use their payment systems, violate laws in those jurisdictions. Multiple other jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Chile, and Australia, are investigating, considering regulatory action or considering legislation to restrict or prohibit these practices. The United States Congress, as well as a number of state legislatures, are also considering legislation that would regulate certain terms of the