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As a counter point consider Microsoft Windows. It also represented a huge investment and R&D and for the most part, you can easily build and deploy and applicat
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
As a counter point consider Microsoft Windows. It also represented a huge investment and R&D and for the most part, you can easily build and deploy and application to anybody without ever having to pay a fee.
That was because Microsoft made money from selling Windows. With Android, Google gives it away free and has to extract money by either monetizing user data, or taking a cut from application developers.
- nijave 8y agoAndroid OS is free but manufacturers still pay for the Google ecosystem that sits on top https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/23/how-google-controls-androids-open-source https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/technology/...