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My understanding is that Patreon does not use Google's payment system and isn't subject to a cut of the revenue. This is why the article says "Your prices on t
by omoikane 2y ago
My understanding is that Patreon does not use Google's payment system and isn't subject to a cut of the revenue. This is why the article says "Your prices on the web and the Android app will remain completely unaffected".
- kmeisthax 2y agoAt least until 2025 when Google implements the exact same policy change. Every questionable hardware choice Apple does is something Android vendors or Google Play copies within a year. Remember when Samsung made fun of Apple for removing the headphone jack?
- johnnyanmac 2y agounlike Apple who has managed to dodge scrutiny, Google is being reemed hard by the US courts over multiple antitrust issues. It may happen eventually, but I think the courts doing their jobs will stall such pivots. The last thing they want to do is make their store sound more like a monopoly.
- mcguire 2y agoYou are aware that you cannot purchase ebooks through the Amazon apps on Android, right? What you say may be true today, but tomorrow is unknown territory as far as these sorts of agreements go.
- ThatPlayer 2y agoI can purchase ebooks on my Amazon Kindle Fire that runs Amazon apps on Android fine. I bet I would also be able to purchase ebooks on the Amazon Kindle app installed from the Amazon Appstore on my Google Pixel phone.
- zik 2y agoYour bet would be wrong - they stopped allowing that a little while back. It's annoying.