alt Hacker NewsIf linking to external content is not viable, developers will not continue linking to external content. If developers stop linking to external content Google stops making money. It's not an infinite money glitch if Google didn't go after fraud, it hurts the profit they can make from it.
> If linking to external content is not viable, developers will not continue linking to external content.
So in other words, go back to in-app purchases processed by Google.