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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I would expect them to pay attention to the fact that the enforcement of the already in-place rule (for no in-app sales outside of the Play Store) has been in the pipeline for over a year and to plan accordingly. I expect them not to cry foul now when they've known all along that it was going to happen. I expect them (and anyone) to know that lack of planning on their part does not constitute an emergency on anyone else's. In short: I expect B&N to make better business decisions. But history shows that B&N would rather play the sympathy card and try to convince everyone that the world is out to get them rather than accept any blame for the situation they find themselves in.
And don't forget that consumers are complicit in this fiasco as well. Everybody thinks all apps should be free or $0.99. If we (the royal we) were willing to actually pay a reasonable price for apps we find useful, vendors wouldn't be forced into going the subscription route (that everyone then complains about) in order to get the lower rate in the first place. They'd also be able to afford their own deployment/payment infrastructure.
I, for one, would rather see all in-app purchasing be done away with entirely. I don't use it.
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Plan accordingly to do what? Stop selling ebooks through the Play Store? Like they did? Were they not supposed to inform their customers of the change either nor are they allowed to criticize Google in explaining why they made the change?
Please explain how they were supposed to plan better for this.
It's also irrelevant whether companies use their own billing system as Apple and Google want 30% regardless. Apple recently lost a ruling about payments for dating apps in the Netherlands and now "only" want a 27% cut when using a non-Apple billing system.