{"id":1949,"date":"2025-12-20T05:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/want-to-link-from-googles-app-store-to-your-app-thatll-be-2-4-per-install\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T05:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:17:27","slug":"want-to-link-from-googles-app-store-to-your-app-thatll-be-2-4-per-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/want-to-link-from-googles-app-store-to-your-app-thatll-be-2-4-per-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to link from Google\u2019s app store to your app? That\u2019ll be $2\u20134 per install"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Mr. Moneybags hat from Monopoly on the Google logo.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/STK452_Google_Antitrust__Monopoly_Kristen_Radtke.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it&rsquo;s complying with Judge James Donato&rsquo;s order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/2024\/10\/7\/24243316\/epic-google-permanent-injunction-ruling-third-party-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crack open Android for third-party app stores<\/a>, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to download their apps outside the Play Store in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But Google isn&rsquo;t just letting app developers do things however and whenever they&rsquo;d like. The company&rsquo;s quietly updated its support pages with a January 28th deadline to enroll in specific Google <em>programs<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/android-developer\/answer\/16497028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for \u00ab\u00a0alternative billing\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/android-developer\/answer\/16470497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0external content links\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> &#8211; and these programs will come with large alternative fees of their own, assuming Jud \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/848540\/google-app-fees-external-link-downloads-alternative-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it&rsquo;s complying with Judge James Donato&rsquo;s order to crack open Android 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