• Email Us: [email protected]
  • Contact Us: +1 718 874 1545
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Medical Market Report

  • Home
  • All Reports
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

After Apple, Google Slashes Service Fee Collected From Subscription-Based App In Play Store

October 26, 2021 by David Barret Leave a Comment

have been evolving and the model of Google Play is based on feedback that we receive from our developer ecosystem. We are always working on bringing changes to make developers successful on Play Store,” a spokesperson said. Days after Apple reduced service fees in its app store, Google has announced a similar move. Google said that it has slashed the service fees it collects from the subscription-based app in Play Store. The announcement comes as both the companies are under constant pressure from lawmakers and regulators. Regulators have been pressing these companies to make their mobile stores more accessible to developers. Google said that more apps would be eligible to pay considerably less than a 30 percent service fee. The company has said that developers will now have to pay a 15 percent cut on subscriptions to Google. The company also announced that all on-demand music streaming services and ebooks will be eligible for an even lower fee. They will now have to pay as low as 10 percent. The company said that lower fees for music streaming apps and ebooks are because of the reason that “content costs account for the majority of sales.” The model followed by the company till now made developers a 30 percent cut on subscriptions to Google. This was applicable for the first 12 months after which the commission would drop to 15 percent. Google said that almost 99 percent of the developer would now be eligible for a lower service fee.

Google was also under pressure from companies like Spotify. At the moment, users who try signing up for a Spotify subscription on Android are redirected to the website of the company where users are asked to enter their payment information. The lower subscription fees from music streaming apps are still at the discretion of Google. This will depend on two factors – first, whether the app is eligible, and second how low the fee would be. Explaining how developers would get to know whether they are available for reduced fees, a spokesperson of the company said that developers can review program guidelines. “They should go through the guidelines and express their interest. If they would be eligible for reduced fees, we will follow up with more information. Earlier, the structure of the service fee was similar to that of Apple. It used to charge 30 percent during the first year and 15 percent thereafter. The new structure makes it 15 percent flat right from the beginning. This is likely to be a great incentive that can promote more developers to switch to subscriptions from one-time payments.

Earlier in March this year, Google started a program wherein it requires a 15 percent cut of the first million dollars a developer earns through Google. Now, the company has claimed that around 99 percent of apps would be eligible for a service fee of 15 percent or even less as the majority of apps on the Play Store are ad-based. It is pertinent to mention that South Korea had recently ruled that the tech giant must allow third-party payments. The company had agreed to comply and introduce third-party payments in its Play ecosystem. Recently, Google CEO Sunder Pichai recently emphasized the importance of Google Play revenue to the overall Android business model. “Google Play is the main source of revenue for the company as we don’t take any share on the sales of devices or other things,” he had said. Another big source of revenue for the company is in-app payments for games. The company is already in a legal battle with Epic Games over Fortnite. The company is also facing a lawsuit that has been filed by a coalition of 36 states attorneys. When asked to comment whether the move is in response to the regulatory pressure, Google said it has a long history of evolving. “We

David Barret
David Barret

Related posts:

  1. Jeff Bezos To Step Down As Amazon CEO Later This Year, Andy Jassy His Successor
  2. Semiconductor Shortage Hits General Motors, Production Of Pickup Trucks To Be Slashed This Month
  3. Labor Shortages Might Lead to 70000 Pigs Meaninglessly Dying in The UK
  4. American Private Equity Group Wins Battle To Buy Morrisons For Almost USD 10 Billion

Filed Under: Business

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • Humpback Whale Flippers Let Them Move “Like Underwater Fighter Pilots” To Make Unique Bubble Nets
  • The Only Place On Earth Where You (Yes, You) Can Search For Diamonds – And Keep What You Find
  • Bizarre Gravitational Collisions Reveal Hints Of First Black Hole Throuple
  • Newly Discovered Dinosaur’s “Sail-Like” Structure Along Its Back May Have Attracted Mates
  • What Are Lagrange Points, And Why Are They Important?
  • Fish Left The Ocean 10 Million Years Earlier Than Thought, JWST Spots Tiny New Moon Just Outside Uranus’s Rings, And Much More This Week
  • IFLScience We Have Questions: Do Humans Have Pheromones?
  • The Least Visited Place On Earth Is Disappearing Quickly – And May Be Reborn Online
  • Climate Models Have Predicted Sea Level Rise Almost Perfectly For 30 Years
  • Atlantic Great White Sharks Are Creeping Up The East Coast Of The US And Canada
  • New World Screwworm: What Is It, And Why Is It Hitting The Headlines?
  • Australia Has Its Very Own “Area 51”
  • Think You Know What A Bald Eagle Sounds Like? Think Again
  • GLP-1s: Your No-Nonsense Guide To The Latest Science Behind The “Skinny Jabs”
  • Deep In Virginia, When The Light Hits Just Right, A “Rainbow Swamp” Appears
  • New Approach To Einstein’s Equations Might Tell Us What Happened Before The Big Bang
  • Air Pollution From Oil And Gas Causes 91,000 Premature Deaths In The US Every Year
  • The Secret To Saving Bees Might Be… Yeast?
  • Miles Below Earth’s Surface, Scientists Found A Giant Ecosystem Teeming With Life
  • Asteroids Bennu And Ryugu Could Be Siblings – And We Might Have Found Their Parent
  • Business
  • Health
  • News
  • Science
  • Technology
  • +1 718 874 1545
  • +91 78878 22626
  • [email protected]
Office Address
Prudour Pvt. Ltd. 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 300 New York City, NY 10170.

Powered by Prudour Network

Copyrights © 2025 · Medical Market Report. All Rights Reserved.

Go to mobile version