This is not a "clarification", this is a major policy change. They used to very clearly state that apps were allowed to use alternative payment systems: > "Dev

This is not a "clarification", this is a major policy change. They used to very clearly state that apps were allowed to use alternative payment systems: > "Developers offering products [except games] must use Google Play In-app Billing as the method of payment, except for the following cases: [...] - Payment is for digital content that may be consumed outside of the app itself (e.g. songs that can be played on other music players)." From a few days ago: https://web.archive.org/web/20200916183117/https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9858738?hl=en&ref_topic=9857752 https://web.archive.org/web/20200916183117/https://support.g...