Google vs. Apple: Android In-app Billing vs. iOS In-app Purchasing - Focus on Developers vs. Customers

Google’s official Android Developers blog announced that the long awaited in-app billing was available late yesterday afternoon.

In-app Billing Launched on Android Market

iPhone and iPad users are familiar with this process that lets you pay for options, services, subscriptions, and virtual goods from within the app itself. This feature appeared in iOS last summer when iOS 4 was launched along with the iPhone 4.

It is interesting to note the different ways Apple and Google think about this feature from the language they use.

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