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Ah, I missed that at the bottom. That's quite the cut to distribute my 9MB APK.
by candiddevmike 5y ago
Ah, I missed that at the bottom. That's quite the cut to distribute my 9MB APK.
- musicale 5y ago> Google Play’s service fee covers more than simply payment processing According to Google's blog post, the "service" fee helps to pay for the whole Android ecosystem, including core Android development, developer tools, the Google Play store, etc.. It makes sense they'd tax IAP since so many mobile games are "free to play" and otherwise Google would make much less money from Google Play (which is presumably its main revenue source for Android.) It's similar to the "platform licensor" business model of game consoles, except that there are multiple hardware vendors.
- blihp 5y agoDon't underestimate the value of having hundreds of millions of users using their apps and services for data collection/profiling purposes. Then there are the ads. And the constant nag screens/dialogs pushing their various paid services. I suspect they'd be doing just fine without the store revenue. It's not like they got into the mobile business to collect fees from running an app store. That's just a nice bonus for them that's also been quite profitable.