"Google's Sweetheart Deals: From Netflix to Epic Games, the App Store Negotiations Revealed"

Google offered Netflix a special discounted rate of 10 percent on its in-app payments on Android in 2017, allowing Netflix to keep 90 percent of the revenue, according to documents and testimony in the Epic v. Google trial. The offer was part of Google's attempt to persuade Netflix to switch to Google Play Billing voluntarily. However, Netflix declined the offer and no longer pays Google anything for distribution via Google Play, instead directing users to subscribe and pay through a mobile browser. Netflix argued that it didn't see a scenario where Google's payment system would outperform its own. Google's attorney did not contest Netflix's claims during the trial.