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From the policy, emphasis mine: "MUST use Google Play In-app Billing as THE method of payment." They could be clearer that those words are significant, but in
by adrianmonk 6y ago
From the policy, emphasis mine: "MUST use Google Play In-app Billing as THE method of payment."
They could be clearer that those words are significant, but in practice this is what the policy is.
Which is what you'd expect because the whole point of mandating that form of payments is to take the 30% cut (for digital goods meant to be used primarily on Android devices within apps downloaded from the Android app store).
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> Which is what you'd expect because the whole point of mandating that form of payments is to take the 30% cut (for digital goods meant to be used primarily on Android devices within apps downloaded from the Android app store). That may be a very large portion of the point, but it's not the whole point. For example, if you pay for additional functionality in an app using Google Play In-app Billing, then you can unlock that functionality again on any phone as long as you're signed in to the same Android account. If you paid externally, you can't do that. Note that this directly lowers revenue from the 30% cut of in-app purchases, by removing some people's need to repurchase content they bought in the past but lost access to.