Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how ...

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

By June 30th, Google writes, it will lower most app store fees in the US, UK, and European Economic Area to 20 percent or ...
USA Today

The Amazon Appstore shuts down on Androids Aug. 20. Will you get a refund?

Amazon is set to shutter its Amazon Appstore on the Android operating system Wednesday, Aug. 20. The move, announced in February, shutters the mega-corporation's competitor to the Google Play store on ...
Android Authority

Google's proposed Android changes won't save sideloading

Yesterday, Google and Epic finally reached an agreement to settle their years-long legal dispute. If approved by the judge overseeing the case, the settlement would resolve the lawsuit Epic filed in ...

I'm still mourning these 5 open source apps that vanished from the Play Store

I still mourn about these five open source apps that vanished from the Play Store. AdAway is a system-wide ad blocker. It’s ...