{"id":13749,"date":"2022-09-02T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/02\/google-expands-play-store-billing-alternatives-to-many-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T14:53:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:53:08","slug":"google-expands-play-store-billing-alternatives-to-many-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/02\/google-expands-play-store-billing-alternatives-to-many-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Google expands Play Store billing alternatives to many countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/2\/23334102\/google-play-third-party-payment-fee-countries<\/a>
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Google has quietly expanded its \u201cUser Choice Billing\u201d pilot to let more developers of non-gaming Android apps offer third-party payment options as alternatives to Google Play\u2019s. Developers will see their service fees of 15 to 30 percent reduced by 4 percent when users select a new third-party billing option, which the developer \u2014 not Google \u2014 must support in case of customer issues. The news was first reported by 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, as of September 1st, registered developers from the European Economic Area (EEA), India, Japan, Indonesia, and Australia can participate in User Choice Billing, according to this enrollment page<\/a>. Google contends that 99 percent of developers using the company\u2019s own Play Store billing qualify for the 15 percent service fee rate \u2014 but it\u2019s the revenue-generating Spotifys of the world who pay Google the contested 30 percent on each in-app purchase. <\/p>\n

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