Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
by lxgr on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:36PM
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That's possible too, but I believe there's much more uncertainty about the fair market value of app store compared to out-of-band subscriptions.
Of course it would also be possible to do both, i.e. to mandate either a fixed rate or alternatively allowing out-of-band payments.
In Australia, the Reserve Bank regulates interchange fees and requires the end user to be made aware of card processing fees which can't exceed a percentage/value of the transaction.
Similar regulation applies in the EU.
There's no reason why Google/Apple/etc stores can't be similarly regulated.