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I resent Google's policy on insisting using their payments gateway, but this criticism is unfair: Google Play console has message about enrolment to this progra
by Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
I resent Google's policy on insisting using their payments gateway, but this criticism is unfair: Google Play console has message about enrolment to this program on the most visible place they have, with a very noticeable red tint, so it is impossible to miss whenever you log into that console.
- ge0rg 5y agoAs a full-time app developer who consequently follows all Android design, policy and direction changes, you are not going to miss that message. As a part-time / hobby project developer, I only read the news posts that made it look like it was an automatic fee reduction.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoThey've also sent me an email explaining that I need to enroll this program.
- lukevp 5y agoApple requires enrollment in the small business program too, and it was much more involved in the Google one. For Google you basically just created a group and asserted which developer accounts were part of it, then approved it.
- fendy3002 5y agoJust curious, what benefit does google get by making it opt in? Do they hope that developers missed the message and profiting on the difference?
- cyral 5y agoIIRC when I signed up for it, you had to link any other accounts that your company owns and agree to some additional stuff (since they need to make sure people aren't using multiple accounts to get around the $1MM limit). The notice is very visible (plus emails).
- tdeck 5y agoMost app developers rarely visit Play Console once their app is published. Either they aren't making updates, or they are a larger operation and use the API to deploy. Unfortunately many of them also don't notice Play developer emails because they get in the habit of ignoring them. In some ways Google I/O and the press are vital in getting the word out to devs about important changes. Source: Worked at Play on developer tooling.