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Google invests in Chrome. People use Chrome to buy things from web shops. Should web shops pay Google for this privilege? Are web shops immoral? I thought I paid for an app platform. Not a secret Apple sales platform.

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Let's assume that there was a clear-cut way for Google to do that. Would it be simply wrong of Google to try to make money that way? Would it be any more wrong than charging users directly or putting ads up?

Actually, Google just launched an in-app payments system for any web-app. It started in the Chrome Web App Store but now can be offered on any app in any browser.

They charge a 5% transaction fee.

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