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Google Play service fees slashed from 30% to 15% for first $1 million revenue earned by a developer each year, effective 1 July

Google has announced it will slash the service fee that Google Play receives to 15 percent for the first $1 million of revenue earned by a developer each year. Announcing the "significant change" for those developers that sell in-app digital goods and services on Google Play, Google said that service fee reduction will be effective from 1 July 2021.

With this change, 99 percent of developers globally that sell digital goods and services with Google Play will see a 50 percent reduction in fees, Google said in a blogpost.