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Google To Devs: Use Our Payment System Or Be Dropped

Posted by samzenpus on from the company-store dept.

Meshach writes "Google has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service, Google Wallet for quite some time. Now Google warned several developers in recent months that if they continued to use other payment methods — such as PayPal, Zong and Boku — their apps would be removed from Google Play. The move is seen as a way to cut costs for Google by using their own system."

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  1. Google Wallet vs PayPal by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've used both Google Wallet and I've used PayPal

    And I've used other online payment services

    I find Google Wallet a little bit more "friendly" to the user. PayPal, which I've used for years and years, has become more and more, how should I say - arrogant

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    1. Re:Google Wallet vs PayPal by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Insightful

      PayPal shut down an account of someone collecting donations from the Something Awful forums for the New Orleans flood victims. The result wasn't a simple misunderstanding. It was weeks of fight and frustrations which ended up with all money being refunded and none forwarded to the charity.

      To say PayPal is "rude" is to say someone who walks in and for no reason punches your kid is "rude". PayPal in my personal opinion ranks as one of the worst organisations on the planet.

  2. Some Clarifications by tangent3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    According to this article: http://www.i-programmer.info/news/81-web-general/3895-google-insists-on-google-wallet.html

    1. Developers outside the US are exempted
    2. Google Wallet charges a float 5%, Paypal charges $0.30 + 2.9%. Google Wallet is only more expensive if your app costs > $14.28. Considering the prices of most Android apps, I'd say calling Google Wallet "costlier" is a downright lie.