Google Has Similar In-App Purchasing Rules As Apple

Much has been written about Apple’s subscription and in-app purchasing policies. Basically, Apple requires that apps that sell content provide in-app purchasing through the iTunes App Store, which provides Apple with 30% of the sale. Apparently Google has a similar policy regarding in-app purchases, requiring that such purchases are done with Google Checkout, and they also take 30% of sales.

The Visual VoiceMail app was recently pulled from the Android Market because it did not use Google Checkout.

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