Google has made one other tweak to the price construction for apps hosted on the Google Play app retailer, once more granting sure builders a bigger slice of the pie. The change particularly impacts apps that depend on recurring subscription income.
Beforehand, Google took a reduce of 30 % within the first yr {that a} recurring subscription was energetic, then 15 % within the years after that. Now, Google will take a reduce of solely 15 % from the very begin.
Some apps that match the Play Media Experience Program, comparable to apps for distributing books or streaming video or audio, will see even smaller cuts—as little as 10 %. To affix that program, builders need to decide in.
Again in March, Google reduce its share of income on upfront or in-app purchases from 30 % to fifteen % on the primary $1 million per yr that an app developer earns. The change was made very shortly after Apple launched a similar change on its App Retailer, although Google’s deal was a bit extra enticing. (Apple’s App Retailer price construction for in-app subscriptions continues to be near the one Google is changing on the Play retailer.)
However this new modification to the subscription price construction is not tied to general income; it is common.
There are a number of causes for the transfer. Like Apple, Google is going through mounting regulatory scrutiny over the way it manages its app retailer and its relationship with third-party builders. Google might hope that its case and public picture shall be helped by the change.
Additional, as TechCrunch reports, Google has for some time now been attempting to court docket and entice extra builders making media and studying apps.
The brand new price construction will start on January 1, 2022.
