Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some of these tweaks were proposed as part of the settlement the company reached with Epic in November 2025, but rather than wait for final judicial approval, Google is committing to revamping Android and the Play Store publicly.The biggest change is to how Google will collect fees from developers publishing apps on Android. Rather than take its standard 30 percent cut of in-app purchases through the Play Store, Google is lowering its cut to 20 percent, and in some cases 15 percent for new installs of apps from developers participating in its App Experience Program or Google Play Games Level Up pr [...]
Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some [...]
Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple after a yearslong investigation into the company's App Store fee practices as well as its policies against third-party app stores. As fir [...]
Were you a Lego set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every t [...]
Were you a Lego set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every t [...]
Were you a Lego-set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every t [...]
If you've been holding an SSD or external HDD for your PC build in a cart, waiting to take advantage of an Amazon Prime Day discount, today is your last chance to grab your hardware at that cheap [...]
Were you a Lego set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every t [...]
Black Friday may be over, but there are still plenty of deals to be found on cameras, drones and accessories for Cyber Monday. Major camera and drone makers including Sony, Canon, DJI, Nikon and GoPro [...]
Black Friday is always the best time to buy cameras and accessories and it's particularly relevant this year in light of tariffs that have pushed up prices. Most of the major camera and drone mak [...]