Google Play Store is Finally Allowing Alternative Billing Systems in Europe
This is clearly a response to the Digital Markets Act, with Google saying that it is “committed to meeting these new requirements while ensuring that we can continue to keep people safe on our platforms and invest in Android and Play for the benefit of the entire ecosystem.” The service fee developers have to pay to Google is 12% in a 3% reduction. It is 11% in South Korea, while “Google will not remove, or reject updates of, nongaming apps from participating developers” using other billing systems. Sadly, there are no changes outside Europe, and Google has mentioned that will still require Google Play billing for games within, though that will change sometime in the future. Google is launching a few aspects ahead of DMA taking effect so it can “work closely with [its] developer partners and ensure our compliance plans serve the needs of our shared users and the broader ecosystem.” If you wish to read more about these changes, you can go ahead and read the entire blog post here.
