Many countries, especially the USA, put pressure on Apple and Google for payment methods. Working on this issue, Google has expanded the scope of the user-preferred billing system. Developers will be able to offer a new payment method in Google Play Store applications.
The developers state that Apple and Google do not allow different payment methods in order to receive more commissions. Having made a pilot with Spotify in March, Google announced that it has opened the new payment method to other developers.
Testing alternative payment method for Google Play Store
Announcing that it will soon offer an alternative to all developers for the payment method, Google will experiment in a few countries for now. Developers living in European Economic Area (EEA) countries, Australia, India, Indonesia and Japan will be able to use the new payment method.
Coming with various restrictions, the company announced that game developers cannot test the new payment method. In doing so, if a user chooses the alternative billing system, the service fee paid to Google will be reduced by 4 percent.
Android 14 will come with satellite support!
Android 14, which is expected to be released in the next year, will come with satellite connection support. Here are the details!
It was stated that there are some conditions that developers must meet in order to offer alternative billing methods. Developers are required to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) for payments made with debit or credit cards. However, developers have an obligation to provide support for customer complaints.
It is known that Google takes a 15 percent commission for the annual revenue of $ 1 million from its in-app purchase service. The company, which has very strict rules for the new payment method, said, “It is not possible to disable user selection for billings in a certain application or country without our company’s knowledge. Changes to app registration preferences will take effect on the first day of the next month.” made statements.
What do you think about this subject? You can share your ideas in the comments section and on the SDN Forum.