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DiapDealer · 04-11-2022, 06:17 AM

The 30% is not new. Nor should it be a surprise to any vendor. Anyone currently using Google's infrastructure for in-app purchasing has been paying it (or the lower subscription rate) for some time. I assume this to be no small number of vendors. The only people this fee would be new to are those who have ignored the warnings that in-app purchases outside of Google's Play store would eventually be shut down. Under those circumstance, I don't feel all that sorry for any vendor who wants to suggest that the sky is somehow "suddenly" falling. That the "new" rate is crippling. Sorry, but you've had over a year to prepare for a change you were warned would be coming. Nobody's being blindsided here.

Banking on an in-place rule remaining unenforced forever is not smart. Contingencies are.

04-11-2022, 06:17 AM	#33
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,762 Karma: 206758686 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The 30% is not new. Nor should it be a surprise to any vendor. Anyone currently using Google's infrastructure for in-app purchasing has been paying it (or the lower subscription rate) for some time. I assume this to be no small number of vendors. The only people this fee would be new to are those who have ignored the warnings that in-app purchases outside of Google's Play store would eventually be shut down. Under those circumstance, I don't feel all that sorry for any vendor who wants to suggest that the sky is somehow "suddenly" falling. That the "new" rate is crippling. Sorry, but you've had over a year to prepare for a change you were warned would be coming. Nobody's being blindsided here. Banking on an in-place rule remaining unenforced forever is not smart. Contingencies are. Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-11-2022 at 06:40 AM.