Google to Allow App Developers to Use Rival Payment Systems, to Cut Fees

Google to Allow App Developers to Use Rival Payment Systems, to Cut Fees
The logo for Google LLC at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Alphabet unit Google said it will from Tuesday cut fees to 12 percent, from 15 percent, for non-gaming app developers on its Google Play App Store which switch to rival payment systems, as it moves to comply with new EU tech rules.

The world’s most popular internet search engine said the fee cut applies only to European consumers while the freedom to use another payment system will eventually be expanded to gaming apps as well.