Would it be acceptable to Google if the only perk of buying an IAP was a little icon on the screen saying "contributor" or something?
Do they ban all donation verbiage or just IAPs that do nothing?
it's not the verbiage it's the 30% cut that google is missing when using a donation link
Oh, I see, thanks
I don’t know much about Android, but is the Play store necessary? If it isn’t, then isn’t that independence from FAANG control?
That's like telling a convenience store owner that they're "independent" of Visa and Mastercard. Yeah sure, good luck with that.
It isn't [1] but an average Joe doesn't know about alternatives and what's worse doesn't care about them because he's not affected by Google's foul play (or at least he thinks he isn't).