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"The other 97%" sounds like 9to5google's misreading of a deliberately misleading statement in the press release. Less than 3% of all apps use their own billing
by paledot 6y ago
"The other 97%" sounds like 9to5google's misreading of a deliberately misleading statement in the press release. Less than 3% of all apps use their own billing - but most apps don't use in-app billing at all. I suspect Google is pulling some Apple-style sleight of hand to make the impact sound trivial instead of like yet another cash grab.
- adrianmonk 6y agoGoogle's announcement (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/listening-to-developer-feedback-to.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/listening-...) addresses the apps that don't use in-app billing: > Less than 3% of developers with apps on Play sold digital goods over the last 12 months, and of this 3%, the vast majority (nearly 97%) already use Google Play's billing. The only way I see to read that is: 97% of 3% already comply, and 3% of 3% don't comply.
- paledot 6y agoI stand corrected; thank you. As others have more accurately pointed out, though, that still ignores number or value of transactions, which is a more reasonable metric to determine impact.