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Originally Posted by pdurrant

The linked article doesn't say that Google will be taking a cut of in-app purchases, only that any in-app purchases must use Google Pay, rather than other payment schemes (e.g. Paypal, Debit cards, etc).

Do you have another source for the idea that Google is demanding a cut?

There are quite a few sources stating that Google has a 30% cut for most purchases and a 15% cut for recurring subscriptions and/or the first million (currency of your choice) of purchases by a developer. This is done by Google Play store billing system.

In past Google did not enforce their existing rule that payments made through an app from the Play Store were required to use Google Play Store billing system but they had been moving to enforce that rule. I remember reading articles about this in the fall of 2020.

Items such as:

Google last year announced it would make it mandatory for any app offering digital goods and services to use the Play Store’s billing system and pay a 30% commission for in-app purchases. Existing apps that use an alternative in-app billing system will have to remove it and use the Play Store’s billing system.