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Carrier billing support in Google Play Store ends for US Cellular customers on March 25, 2025. Existing users retain access until March 31, 2026, but are urged to switch payment methods.
In March, the European Commission found that the Play Store prevents app developers from directing consumers to alternative purchasing channels, limiting their ability to offer better deals outside of ...
In a move that has already drawn fire from industry critics, Google has overhauled its Play Store developer fees and rules in the EEA.
It's unfortunate to see carrier-based Play Store billing being phased out in the US, as more payment options are generally a good thing. That being said, the program still exists outside of ...
Google has proposed letting developers offering apps through its U.K. Play mobile app store to have the option to use alternative payment processors for in-app transactions, rather than being ...
Türkiye's competition watchdog on Friday announced it had launched an investigation into Alphabet Inc's Google due to some ...
Earlier this year, Google revealed it would allow Android developers to offer alternative payment systems in its apps as long as the company still offered Play Store billing as an option. Now, the ...
As a result, Google Play supports a reasonably robust selection of payment options. Unfortunately, that list is about to get a little smaller, in a move set to affect some T-Mobile users.
Topline Google will pay $700 million and make changes to payment options on its mobile app store to settle an antitrust suit brought against the company by the attorneys general of 36 states and ...
User Choice Billing from Google is an option in 35 countries, including the United States, much of Europe, Australia, Japan, and more, and it is a pilot program that other developers are also able ...
Google has quietly expanded its “User Choice Billing” pilot to let more developers of non-gaming Android apps offer third-party payment options as alternatives to Google Play’s. Developers ...