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It will be interesting to see how they will react to Android. I don't see how Android's marketplace will ever be a threat to Apple's. Just look at the financia
by andreyf 17y ago
It will be interesting to see how they will react to Android.
I don't see how Android's marketplace will ever be a threat to Apple's. Just look at the financial incentives: Apple is in the game to make money off the devices and the content royalties. Google is in the game to commoditize the devices that people use to see ads, and Android applications are a complement to those devices. To Apple, the App Store is both itself a source of income and a complement to their primary source of income. To Google, the Android Marketplace as a complement to a complement to their source of income.
- nooneelse 17y agoWhy think that Android is limited to only the Google operated application market? Some other more boutique ones could spring up to fill the "quality and polished" niche, if users want that.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoThis very thread starts with a quote from Apple saying the App Store is not a source of income for them.