Google opens the Play Store to external billing in the US, UK, and Europe next week - 9to5Google

Google today announced that it will open up the Play Store to external payments starting on June 30 in the US, UK, and Europe. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, Google details changes being made to Play Store billing rules on Android, changes made in the aftermath of a years-long legal dispute with Epic Games that (mostly) wrapped up earlier this year. Today’s announcement sets a start date on lower fees and the ability for Android developers to use external billing alongside Play Store distribution – June 30. That’s when the updates kick in for major markets including the US, UK, and European Economic Area. The new policy sees developers paying 10% fees on their first $1,000,000 in annual earnings regardless of billing method, whether that be Google Play Billing, an alternate built-in system, or external links for billing outside of the app. That’s well down from the 30% cut that was standard when this whole dispute first began.