On Android Google only takes their cut if you use their payment system. If an app developer wants to make their own payment system, they’re allowed. Then they don’t have to pay Google for in-app purchasing. Of course making their own, is far more complicated than simply dropping in Google’s.
That is a pretty recent policy, from the last year or two, it’s available in a limited number of countries, and it’s a pilot you need to manually apply for. And you still need to pay the fee to Google, it’s only reduced by 4%, so instead of 30 it’s 26 / instead of 15 it’s 11.
They can do that, yes, but they would have to distribute it somewhere other than the Google store. This introduces a lot of extra work replacing the license management and accepting payment and possibly other benefits that I don’t know about.
Why are you downvoting me? It’s not funny to you when someone says please drop everything and do all this extra development just to make it cheaper for me and don’t worry about all your existing customers that are waiting for you to work on things?
Noob question, but can they do that? Don’t they have to follow play store’s rules and give the 30% cut?
Unless they use another platform for android, but then less people would use the app
On Android Google only takes their cut if you use their payment system. If an app developer wants to make their own payment system, they’re allowed. Then they don’t have to pay Google for in-app purchasing. Of course making their own, is far more complicated than simply dropping in Google’s.
That is a pretty recent policy, from the last year or two, it’s available in a limited number of countries, and it’s a pilot you need to manually apply for. And you still need to pay the fee to Google, it’s only reduced by 4%, so instead of 30 it’s 26 / instead of 15 it’s 11.
More info: Google Play Help Center: Enrolling in the user choice billing pilot
oh, thanks
They can do that, yes, but they would have to distribute it somewhere other than the Google store. This introduces a lot of extra work replacing the license management and accepting payment and possibly other benefits that I don’t know about.
LOL
Why are you downvoting me? It’s not funny to you when someone says please drop everything and do all this extra development just to make it cheaper for me and don’t worry about all your existing customers that are waiting for you to work on things?
That’s not what you said though. You just said “LOL” which doesn’t contribute to the discussion at all.