Companies like Apple-ai Google-a charge developers a fee for selling apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions created through their app stores. For a long time, developers didn’t really have a choice, but in recent years, more and more of them have started advertising and complaining about the fees that these companies charge them.
For the most part, these fees for Play Store were around 30%, but Google recently announced some changes to the fees it will charge from subscriptions. The Google plans cuts the price in half, so the fees will now be only 15 percent. Google notes that they have offered developers a 15% reduction in fees in the past, but only if the user has a constant 12-month subscription.
While this move is a great thing for developers looking to use the Play Store, it also helps Google in the eyes of regulators, where it shows that Google is willing to make concessions and could help the company avoid further controls and lawsuits.
