2022-05-22
Is hard to understand why this wasn't the deal struck up front by Epic with Apple and Google. Everyone here is good for the money, so the escrow almost seems like icing, but this type of deal keeps the properties on the platforms while the legal system sorts things. https://twitter.com/...
Android Central
Google agrees to let Match Group offer alternative billing to Android users; the Tinder owner drops its request for a temporary restraining order against Google
2022-05-21
Is hard to understand why this wasn't the deal struck up front by Epic with Apple and Google. Everyone here is good for the money, so the escrow almost seems like icing, but this type of deal keeps the properties on the platforms while the legal system sorts things. https://twitter.com/...
Android Central
Google agrees to let Match Group offer alternative billing to Android users; the Tinder owner drops its request for a temporary restraining order against Google
Match Group apps will be able to offer alternative billing systems to users. — What you need to know
Is hard to understand why this wasn't the deal struck up front by Epic with Apple and Google. Everyone here is good for the money, so the escrow almost seems like icing, but this type of deal keeps the properties on the platforms while the legal system sorts things. https://twitter.com/...
Music Business Worldwide
Google agrees to keep Bandcamp in the Play Store even if it doesn't adopt Google's in-app payment system; Epic will keep 10% of Bandcamp's IAP revenue in escrow
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide :
2022-03-24
Google and Spotify have announced a new deal regarding alternative payment systems in the Google Play store. It is hard to know what to make of that without knowing what Google will continue to charge Spotify for other services. (1/)
TechCrunch
Google Play pilots a third-party billing option to select partners globally, starting with Spotify; Google said user choice billing still involves a service fee
Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
I don't see how we assess today's announcement without more transparency about what is going on separately between Spotify and Google. The omission from the announcements today suggests that info is likely to come out slowly if at all. (6/6)
TechCrunch
Google Play pilots a third-party billing option to select partners globally, starting with Spotify; Google said user choice billing still involves a service fee
Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
2022-01-18
The Netherlands requires Apple to allow dating apps to use third-party payment processors. And Apple will now switch to some yet-to-be-defined commission structure to, presumably, collect the same payments. Yes. Never about payment processing. Just an easy monetization tool. https://twitter.com/...
Mobile Dev Memo
Apple clarifies it will still collect a commission from Dutch developers using third-party payments; Google will too in South Korea, just lowering its fee by 4%
2021-12-03
I think Google and Apple have both been pretty clear about this. The in-app purchase mechanism has just been a convenient way to charge for all of the services that they provide. The point has never really been about processing payments; indeed Apple outsources that. https://twitter.com/...
9to5Mac
In a filing in the Epic lawsuit, Apple says it “could charge a commission” if developers use a competing payments platform, following a similar Google policy
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :