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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game.

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News: U.S. Federal Judge and Epic Games Challenge Whether Apple Has Complied With Order to Allow Payment Steering

FastSpring

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ order to allow app developers to “steer” users to third-party payment options outside of the native App Store. The article points out that according to Epic documents, Apple is still blocking developers from steering consumers to other payment options with lower pricing options.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

FastSpring

Pix, Brazil’s instant payment system introduced by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020, has rapidly gained popularity among consumers as a preferred digital payment method. Director of Payments, Risk, and Compliance at FastSpring.

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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. The subscription management system doesn’t support multi-product transactions.

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Software Transcends Borders—Why Not Money?

Andreessen Horowitz

Software is inherently global and easily transcends borders—localizing it can be as easy as translating the language. In Brazil, for example, Pix became the most popular payment method in the country in just two years—as well as the second-most used instant payments system in the world. Who is the Google of Brazil?

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Press Release: FastSpring CEO David Nachman on Google Play Case Ruling: “This is a Win For Gamers and Studios”

FastSpring

FastSpring provided key evidence about alternative payment options in EPIC’s antitrust lawsuit against Google Santa Barbara, CA – December 12, 2023 – Overnight in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a jury found that Google Play and Google Play Billing represent an illegal monopoly run by Google.

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Credit Card Surcharges: What Are They and Are They Legal?

Stax

According to Forbes , 32% of consumers use it as their primary payment method. But as great as they are for consumers, merchants know that accepting credit card payments comes with added costs in the form of processing fees. The processing fee can be a fixed value or a percentage and varies among card brands.