If you do think you could do better with your own billing, in-app purchases aren't required to go through Microsoft billing services or give Microsoft any cut, so there's still the freemium route ...
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If you do think you could do better with your own billing, in-app purchases aren't required to go through Microsoft billing services or give Microsoft any cut, so there's still the freemium route ...