Google Starts Lowering Play Store Fees, Making Good on Epic Games Settlement

Google's new payment policies are a preview of what could come to Apple platforms

Google's secretive deal after losing it's case with Epic Games has led to new Google Play policies, a lower commission, a separate billing fee, and more changes coming to the US, UK, and EU on June 30.Google is offering external payment options and lower fees. Image source: GoogleApple's App Store commissions have been contested globally for years, yet they remain the same in most places. In the US, it's still a flat 30% for most purchases and 1…

Google is finally opening the Play Store to outside payments

While the court still hasn't signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google for having a monopoly over Android's app store with Google Play, the tech giant says it will start rolling out changes to the way it handles billing for developers worldwide. As announced in March, the flat 30 percent billing fee is being replaced by "lower, decoupled fees" that partially decouple the billing and the app store. How…

Google starts lowering Play Store fees, making good on Epic Games settlement

Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google's stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, and Google is beginning to implement app store changes as agreed in its settlement with Epic. The lower developer fees and new payment options that Google promised are rolling out in select markets this month before expanding. Until a few years ago,…

Google Lowering Play Store Fees and Allowing Alternative Payments...

As a result of the lawsuit Epic Games filed against Google, Google is making major changes to its Play Store worldwide. Google today said it would soon...

Judge Rules Google Has Illegal Monopoly Over Android App Distribution

Google’s long-running battle with app store regulations reached a significant turning point as a federal judge ordered the company to allow alternative payment systems and third-party app stores on Android devices. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge James Donato in the Epic Games antitrust case, requires Google to implement changes that could reshape how developers distribute applications and process transactions on the world’s most popul…