Third-Party App Stores: Play Store in-app purchase [2023]

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Introduction – Third-Party App Stores

Third-party app stores are quick and easy to find and use, downloaded from third-party websites.

Google is getting out of the line of fire and taking a step that is unthinkable for Apple.

According to an announcement, with Android 12, third-party app stores should be quick and easy to find and use.

Android already differs from iOS in that you are not tied to one system-based app store.

In the future, however, Google plans to emphasize external app stores more and show users alternatives.

The company intends to explain precisely how this works at a later date.

It is unknown whether there is a store selection window that Microsoft was once made compulsory in the browser market.

However, the fact that there is already an announcement that Android 11 has only just entered the market is a clever tactical maneuver.

As per the Wall Street Journal report of July of this year, the ranking of apps in Apple’s App Store seemed to be going a lot wrong.
The problem was as follows: If you entered the usual terms such as “Music” or “TV” in the store search – as words are probably explored very often there. The results were almost exclusively from Apple apps.
For example, “TV” yielded five hits with Cupertino apps, and when searching for “Music,” eight apps from Apple even appeared.
According to Apple, the store’s ranking engine is to blame, as it should also display usually other apps from the same developer directly under an app’s entry.
Of course, this also applies to Apple programs. Still, improvements are made here:
Although Apple Music continues to appear prominently high up when searching for “Music.”
GarageBand, iTunes Remote, and the like do not follow the App.
But also third-party solutions such as Spotify and Co, those changes are said to have been active since July 12, 2019. Apple does not speak of a correction of the algorithm
I would probably never have noticed any of this, but I don’t develop apps either. Nevertheless, it is definitely to welcome that Apple was able to condescend.
That services such as Spotify, Netflix, and Co., are again allowing attracting attention with app downloads.
It helps secure a place on the throne and not altogether remove them from the top search results.

To help you better evaluate which apps to download to your Android devices, third-party developers can include a link to the privacy policy on the app details page on Google Play.
Google provides this optional field for developers who want to share their privacy policies with users.
App Developers write these policies, not evaluated by Google.
Not all Android apps on Google Play have published privacy policies, but you can find them on its details page on Google Play if an app does.

Google to enforce Play Store better in-app purchase policies, ease the use of third-party app stores.
Under threat of regulation, Google announced today it’s updating its Google Play billing policies to clarify better which types of transactions will be subject to Google’s commissions on in-app purchases.

Within some apps, you can purchase additional content or services. These purchases are called “in-app purchases.”

Here are some examples:

Tip: To avoid accidental or unwanted in-app purchases, make sure password protection is turned on on your device.

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Before downloading an app, you can check if it offers in-app purchases:
In the Google Play Store app, in-app purchases are in bold next to the price or the Install button.
On play.google.com/store, under the app name, it says “Offers in-app purchases.”

You can use promotional codes for some in-app purchases using the Play Store app from an Android device.

To use a promotional code for an in-app item, follow these steps:

Downloading apps from third-party websites – that is, not the Apple Store, Android Market, or Blackberry App World – may be tempting.
But doing so puts your device, and therefore yourself, at risk.

Dangerous app stores use misleading advertisements or even malicious code.
The ads or code are practically “injected” into popular apps that users buy through these stores rather than reputable sellers.
Not all offers from such third-party providers are “malicious.” Many stores lure users by offering popular apps at much lower prices, only to endanger these users’ privacy afterward massively.
Confidential data extracted in this way include, for example, phone numbers, device information, and email addresses.

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