Kobo is going to disable in-app purchases on Android in ...

Kobo plans on disabling the ability the buy audiobooks and ebooks in their Android app, starting September 2021. Rakuten Kobo announced on ... SkiptomaincontentSkiptosecondarymenuSkiptoprimarysidebarKoboplansondisablingtheabilitythebuyaudiobooksandebooksintheirAndroidapp,startingSeptember2021.RakutenKoboannouncedontheirJapanesewebsitethatGoogleischangingtheirbillingsystemandthisisforcingthemtoclosedowntheirbookstore.Thebookstoreclosurewillonlyapplytopaidcontent,freeaudiobooksorebookswillcontinuetobemadeavailable.WhenSeptemberrollsaround,KoboplansonlettingcustomersknowthattheyhavetovisittheKobowebsiteandmakethepurchasesthere.NewcontentwillbesyncedwiththeAndroidappandpeoplewillbeabletolistentoaudiobooksorreadebooks.ThisisaseriousblowtopeoplewhowereusingtheAndroidapp,becauseifitseaseofuseforbuyingthings.TheflagshipKoboappforiOSandiPadOSdoesnotletcustomersbuycontenteither,theymustgothroughaninternetbrowser,suchasSafari.WhatarethechangesthatGoogleismaking,thatisforcingKobotoclosedowntheirstore?LastSeptemberGoogleannouncedanewpaymentpolicy,makingit mandatorytouse the GooglePlaybillingsystem. ThemovemeansthatdeveloperswhohavehadcustomerspaythemdirectlywithacreditcardfordigitalcontentwillsoonhavetouseGoogle’sbillingsystem,whichtakesa30%feefrompayments. MichaelKozlowski(EditorinChief)MichaelKozlowskihasbeenwritingaboutaudiobooksande-readersforthepasttwelveyears.HisarticleshavebeenpickedupbymajorandlocalnewssourcesandwebsitessuchastheCBC,CNET,Engadget,HuffingtonPostandtheNewYorkTimes.HeLivesinVancouver,BritishColumbia,Canada.Share25Tweet14ShareRedditVoteEmail39SharesPrimarySidebar Trending AmazonKindlePaperwhite5–11thGeneration2021Review October29,2021 ByMichaelKozlowski|8Comments FirstLookattheAmazonKindlePaperwhite5 October27,2021 ByMichaelKozlowski|28Comments WillAmazondiscontinuetheKindleOasis? October19,2021 ByMichaelKozlowski|28Comments IntroducingtheOnyxBooxNoteAir2 October20,2021 ByMichaelKozlowski|7Comments TheKindlePaperwhite5hasanewpageturnanimationsystem October28,2021 ByMichaelKozlowski|7Comments HuaweitolaunchneweReaderandtabletdevicefeaturingfuturisticpaper-likedisplaytech November2,2021 BySovanMandal|2Comments XClose0