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Would they though? I would and perhaps many on HN, though HN demographic isn't the norm.
by loceng 9y ago
Would they though? I would and perhaps many on HN, though HN demographic isn't the norm.
- 27182818284 9y agoGoogle undoubtedly has some metrics on this which is why they do it. Other firms are the same way, right? For example, Yahoo and Firefox.
- myusernameisok 9y agoYes, I'm sure Google has analyzed this. I'm just saying it's fairly surprising considering that $3 billion hinges entirely on the assumption that people won't change the default. Apparently there are approximately 700 million active iPhones in the world [1], so Google is willing to bet $4 per user on that assumption. I'm not saying it's a bad assumption. [1] http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/03/06/many-iphones-use-analyst-estimates-715-million-counting/ http://www.siliconbeat.com/2017/03/06/many-iphones-use-analy...