Google Takes On Apple With 'One Pass' Subscription Service

Some Web publishers aren’t crazy about Google, a company they accuse of building a lucrative ad business often on the backs of their content. But they suddenly like Google a lot more than Apple.

That’s because Google has unveiled Google One Pass, an online payment system for content that will allow Web publishers to sell subscriptions. According to The New York Times, unlike Apple’s new subscription service product, which takes a 30 percent commission, Google One Pass only takes 10 percent.

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