Economics of SoC Store vs Google Play Discounts
Did some math just to see how things shake out between using the official SoC store vs a year of using google play points.
I manually added up all the points I got, both for free and from my purchases with SoC. Converting every single point into a 100-1 dollar conversion rate, Google Play points saved me about 3.93% over the last year with an average spend rate of about 30 dollars a month.
SoC official store gives a flat 5% discount. If my math shakes out, you would only likely break even or exceed these discounts if you are turbo whaling on google play and hit the thresholds to reach higher point conversions per dollar spent.
If you are able, I'd absolutely go for SoC store. Supporting devs directly, cheaper, and especially better the lower of a spender you are.
If anyone wants to jump in with their own values from Google play store that wouldd be appreciated, along with an approximation of how much you spend per month.
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