The man who spent half a decade positioning himself as the champion of developer rights against platform gatekeepers is now contractually obligated to be Google's cheerleader. The contract reportedly goes further than silence, requiring him to actively advocate that Google and Android are "procompetitive and a model for app store / platform operations."
The five top-selling developers in EU App Store storefronts in the three-month period prior to adopting the alternative business terms kept the price of their most popular product (defined as a paid app or a specific in-app purchase, such as a particular subscription or a given number of virtual coins) unchanged, even though they experienced a substantial reduction in the commission rate they paid.
