Google deprecates Web Store Payments API, effectively nuking Chrome paid extensions – ZDNet

Google has announced on Monday plans to permanently shut down the Chrome Web Store “Payments API.”
This is the system that Google was using to handle payments on the Web Store, such as one-time fees, monthly subscriptions, and free trials for commercial Chrome extensions.
The move to shut down the Payments API and effectively support for Chrome paid extensions comes after reports of widespread fraud last winter.
Google originally reacted by suspending the ability to publish and update Chrome …

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