Google Swings At Apple, Rolls Out Its Subscription Plan, with only a 10% cut unlike Apple's 30%
Jay Yarow | Feb. 16, 2011, 10:13 AM | 314 | 1
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Google has just announced its own subscription plan for digital content, hot on the heels of Apple's controversial announcement.
Publishers can use Google's new service, called "One Pass," to set a price and duration for digital content. For instance, a newspaper can charge $4 per week for access to its digital newspaper.
In return, users can access the newspaper content across the web, on smartphones, or tablets. (While Google doesn't mention "Android" in its blog post announcing the service, we assume this is where it will work primarily for mobile.)
Google One Pass will be powered by Google's payment system, Checkout, which has not exactly drawn rave reviews in the past.
Google doesn't mention the terms it will offer publishers, but previous reports have suggested Google would only ask for 10% of the sale, which compares favorably to Apple, which asks for 30% of digital goods.
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Here's a video from Google on "One Pass." It's pretty thin on details, but Google emphasizes users can log in with their Google ID and get access to content across a number of devices: |
