Amazon customers on Android will now not be capable to purchase a Kindle e-book from the app. The change comes as Google is pushing its new coverage the place app builders have to make use of its Play Store billing system, as a substitute of their very own. This additionally signifies that app builders, each huge and small, can now not keep away from Google’s 30 per cent tax for subscriptions, purchases bought by way of the app. It must be famous that on iOS one can not purchase a Kindle e-book.
On iOS, in the event you click on on the Kindle possibility for any e-book, the Amazon app solely exhibits an choice to obtain the pattern. It states that this app doesn’t assist buying for Kindle books. Users must go to the Amazon web site with the intention to make the acquisition immediately. And Android customers will now face
According to Ars Technica, which first noticed the change on the Amazon Android app, it now exhibits a message saying, “Why can’t I buy on the app?” hyperlink as a substitute of a purchase order button for e-books. It must be famous that Google’s new coverage concerning the billing system comes into play from June 1, and if app builders don’t adjust to their app could be faraway from the Play Store.
Interestingly for India, we will nonetheless see the choice to buy Kindle e-books from the Android app. It must be famous that for India, Google has prolonged the deadline to October 2022 for the implementation of the Play Store billing system. A Google spokesperson has stated on the time, “We are extending this to thirty first October 2022 to offer builders in India the required product assist for recurring funds by handy consumer cost programs, together with UPI and wallets, and likewise present them extra time in mild of the modifications to India’s recurring digital funds tips.”
This might clarify why the Amazon app in India nonetheless helps the flexibility to pay for e-books, however given how the course the corporate has taken within the US, this would possibly change sooner or later.
Meanwhile, different app builders in India stay sad about this choice of being pressured to implement the Play Store billing system, given the 30 per cent fee they should pay for transactions.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
