Google allows Spotify its own in-app payment option in new pilot
(VOVWORLD) - Google said this week it would allow Spotify Technology to use its own payment system in its Android app as part of a new pilot aimed at countering appmakers' concerns about high fees and allegedly anticompetitive behavior.
 A smartphone and a headset are seen in front of a screen projection of Spotify logo, in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS) |
Users who have downloaded Spotify from the Google Play Store will be presented with a choice to pay with either Spotify's payment system or with Google Play Billing in some countries in the coming months.
App developers such as Spotify that sell digital goods have complained for years about having to use the official payment systems of the Play store and Apple’s App Store.
Google and Apple collect up to 30% of each payment as a fee, which developers say is too high.
Both have lowered fees in many circumstances and have said that they are needed to fund a safe and secure mobile ecosystem.
Google did not specify the fee that it would collect in the new pilot.