{"id":419478,"date":"2021-10-22T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T08:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=419478"},"modified":"2021-10-22T10:32:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T08:32:37","slug":"google-slashes-play-store-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/419478-google-slashes-play-store-commission.html","title":{"rendered":"Google slashes Play Store commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google will be cutting its commission on app subscriptions through the Play Store in half from January 2022, the company announced<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Currently, the company charges a commission of 30% for the first year’s subscription and then 15% for renewals \u2014 Google Play’s cut for the first year will be dropped to 15%.<\/p>\n

“Starting on January 1, 2022, we’re decreasing the service fee for all subscriptions on Google Play from 30% to 15%, starting from day one,” Sameer Samat, VP of Product Management at Google, said.<\/p>\n

According to Google, app developers will not have to wait for subscriptions to be renewed before benefiting from the lower commission fees.<\/p>\n

Google also revealed it was making changes to its Play Media Experience programme by dropping its service fee to 10%.<\/p>\n

The Play Media Experience programme was started to encourage audio, video, and book developers to build cross-device experiences to help grow the Android platform.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes after Google Play Store’s primary competitor, Apple, opened its Small Business Program<\/a><\/strong> amid its ongoing battle with developers over its 30% App Store service fee.<\/p>\n

The programme reduces commission fees to 15% for specific app developers \u2014 including those that generate less than $1 million (R14,645,770) per year.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Google Pixel 6 camera will get “Magic Eraser” and “Face<\/a> Unblur”<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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