Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else (From the can't-make-it-up dept)

Exclusive: Google leans on developers to use payment service

Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else (From the can't-make-it-up dept)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has been pressuring applications and mobile game developers to use its costlier in-house payment service , Google Wallet , as the Internet search giant tries to emulate the financial success of Apple Inc's iOS platform. Google warned several developers in recent months that if they continued to use other payment methods - such as PayPal, Zong and Boku - their apps would be removed from Android Market , now known as Google Play, according to developers, executives and investors in mobile gaming and payment sectors. Developers say the Internet search giant is trying to simplify consumer payments, hoping apps-buying will rise and offset their higher costs. Google's payment service charges a higher cut per transaction than some rivals'. But the move also suggests Google is using its powerful position in the mobile apps market to promote an ...

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@K_srednA » 09 Mar '12, 8am
Google leans on developers to use payment service [link]
@cbmath » 09 Mar '12, 8am
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: [link]
@dinstereo » 09 Mar '12, 7am
Κατά τα άλλα, η Google είναι ο καλός και η Apple ο κακός της υπόθεσης. Α, και το Android "open". [link]
@minimoog77 » 09 Mar '12, 6am
[link] Open? Pressuring? Google Wallet?
@tjogin » 09 Mar '12, 5am
RT @justinfrench: But… Android is open! [link]
@rehder » 09 Mar '12, 4am
Open. [link]
@MattRogish » 09 Mar '12, 3am
RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
@heathborders » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Smugness from iOS developers about this is annoying. So quickly they forget how they bitched when AAPL did it. [link]
@jonathanpenn » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Seem? "Although this move by Google might seem high-handed…" [link]
@jimmylittle » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Is it wrong for Android Market to force Google Wallet for payments? Apple only has one option, why can't Google? [link]
@justinfrench » 09 Mar '12, 3am
But… Android is open! [link]
@evilbachus » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Google forces developers to use Google Wallet or get removed from the Android Market: [link] (Android is open)
@jmwolfinbarger » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Android is open. [link]
@44sunsets » 09 Mar '12, 3am
When Google forces developers to use its in-house payment service, it's all cool. When Apple does it, it's EVIL muahaha [link]
@counternotions » 09 Mar '12, 3am
Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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Ugh. Doing it wrong. “@counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Goggle Wallet or else [link]"
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
@Echo » 09 Mar '12, 8am
RT @justinfrench: But… Android is open! [link]
@elenko » 09 Mar '12, 7am
RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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RT @counternotions: Apple forces Google to lean on Android developers to use Google Wallet or else [link] (From the can't-make-it-up dept)
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