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From my brief reading around that 31B USD number: "makes money for Google in two ways: adverts supplied by Google shown on Android phones, and revenue Google t
by new299 9y ago
From my brief reading around that 31B USD number:
"makes money for Google in two ways: adverts supplied by Google shown on Android phones, and revenue Google takes from its mobile app store, Google Play." [1]
So, for sure, they're making money from/via Android. But not from Android itself, or from many of the Google apps directly.
[1] http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/21/googles-android-generates-31-billion-revenue-oracle-says/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/21/googles-android-genera...
- bryanlarsen 9y agoI'm sure it's quite easy for journalists and others to mix up revenue from "Google Play Services" (aka the non-open source parts of Android) and "Google Play" (the app store), even though they are very different. The rumours I've heard is that Google charges about $10/phone.