Google had already begun allowing app developers to offer alternative payment systems in South Korea after a law was passed there.

Spotify had pulled out of in-app payments entirely over its objections to fees and restrictions set by Google and Apple.

Previously, Spotify didn't allow listeners to subscribe to its premium membership in its Android app at all its Apple mobile app doesn't offer subscriptions, either. Spotify, in its own blog post, said that it will be able to offer its own billing option side by side with Android's in its mobile app, adding that it will also be able to 'freely communicate' about discounts and promotions in the app. The option to use third-party payment will be rolled out more broadly in the future, he said. 'This is a significant milestone and the first on any major app store - whether on mobile, desktop or game consoles,' Sameer Samat, Google's vice president of product management, said in a blog post to developers. It also could disrupt dynamics that in some cases have made your in-app purchases more expensive and in other cases removed the option of an in-app purchase altogether. But the change, if adopted more widely, would not only give you more control over how you pay for transactions in mobile apps. The effect on consumers like you may be very small at first: A segment of Android users who want to subscribe to Spotify will be able to sign up more simply in its app and have a new choice in how to pay.

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