Google requiring Android apps on Play store to use its billing system next year
Why is the title inaccurate / different to the article?<p>"Google requiring Android apps <i>on the Play Store</i>"<p>Requiring all android apps (eg: from third party app stores, built in apps shipped with phones or from vendors) as implied by the HN title would be a huge leap and have a lot of implications. But this is not that. I'm very surprised though by this statement from their post about it:<p>> Less than 3% of developers with apps on Play sold digital goods over the last 12 months<p>That seems astonishingly low - while I understand the Play Store is very ad driven, I had thought IAP was still a decent component of monetization. From this it sounds like the Play Store is a bit of an advertising wasteland ... or am I misunderstanding?