Earlier this yr, Google announced some changes to the Chrome Net Retailer in an effort to curb malicious extensions. Now, Google is announcing that paid Chrome extensions will now not be out there.
Following a temporary suspension on paid extensions this yr on account of fraudulent transactions, Google will pull the plug on paid extensions completely over the subsequent a number of months. Builders haven’t been capable of submit new paid extensions since March, however this week’s announcement confirms that paid extensions received’t be coming again in any respect. Additional, the free trial choice supplied by the Chrome Net Retailer will go away on December 1.
On February 21, 2020, all paid Chrome extensions will lose entry to funds by the Net Retailer. Someday later within the yr, too, Google will pull the plug on its licensing API that permits builders to confirm {that a} person has really paid for the extension.
For builders who nonetheless need to monetize their extensions, Google says they’ll must migrate to each one other fee processor and a brand new licensing API.
The Chrome Net Retailer funds system is now deprecated and will probably be shut down over the approaching months. There are lots of different methods to monetize your extensions, and in case you at the moment use Chrome Net Retailer funds, you’ll must migrate to considered one of them.
Odds are that most individuals haven’t even bought a Chrome extension earlier than, so this modification might not matter all that a lot. Going ahead, although, any Chrome extension that requires a paid ingredient will must be utilizing billing particulars and strategies except for what Google has lengthy supplied.
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