Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

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ND	Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores (www.engadget.com)
	215 points by _____k 1 days ago \| 79 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0

Summary ~lite

Google ends app store fee

Lite evaluation by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available

Longitudinal 171 HN snapshots · 37 evals

Audit Trail 57 entries

2026-03-05 15:11	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.012 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 15:11	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.01 (Neutral) 0.00
2026-03-05 08:24	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 08:24	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 06:51	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.012 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 06:51	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.01 (Neutral) 0.00
2026-03-05 04:51	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 04:51	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 04:46	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 04:46	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 04:29	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.012 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 04:29	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.01 (Neutral)
2026-03-05 03:57	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 03:57	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 03:57	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22)	- -
2026-03-05 03:57	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) +0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 03:53	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 03:53	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 03:51	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.26)	- -
2026-03-05 03:51	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) -0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 03:08	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 03:08	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 03:07	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22)	- -
2026-03-05 03:07	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) +0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 02:25	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 02:25	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 02:24	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.26)	- -
2026-03-05 02:24	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) -0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 01:53	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 01:53	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 01:52	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22)	- -
2026-03-05 01:52	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 01:13	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 01:13	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 01:12	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22)	- -
2026-03-05 01:12	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 00:37	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.18)	- -
2026-03-05 00:37	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-05 00:37	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.22)	- -
2026-03-05 00:37	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) +0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-05 00:32	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 23:57	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 23:53	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 23:22	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 23:18	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 23:17	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 22:34	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 22:34	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 22:29	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 22:28	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 21:55	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 21:51	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 21:50	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative) -0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 21:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative) 0.00
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 21:14	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.22 (Mild negative) +0.05
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance
2026-03-04 20:34	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.18 (Mild negative)
	reasoning Tech news article, neutral editorial stance, moderate transparency
2026-03-04 20:33	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.26 (Mild negative)
	reasoning Tech news, neutral rights stance

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