Conversations drops Google Play paywall to make Android app entirely free
Tactics · Hacker News · stat: $0 Conversations removes its paid download model on Google Play, making the Android client entirely free. The developer ends paid distribution on the platform to bypass…
Tactics · Hacker News · stat: $0
Conversations removes its paid download model on Google Play, making the Android client entirely free. The developer ends paid distribution on the platform to bypass Google's billing constraints, shifting the project to a donation-supported model on the official app store.
Google Play billing friction forces another indie dev to abandon paid apps App store billing compliance overhead is driving niche developers to abandon direct sales in favor of donation-based distribution.
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