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How would Android be a profitable independent entity? By becoming a new vertically integrated vendor like Apple? I doubt they could charge enough just selling p
by cageface 6y ago
How would Android be a profitable independent entity? By becoming a new vertically integrated vendor like Apple? I doubt they could charge enough just selling per handset OS licenses to make this a viable business without recouping any of the service revenue.
- sutterbomb 6y agoHow much does google pay Apple for search priority on iOS safari? Assume they would likewise need to pay android similar amounts
- cageface 6y agoI don't have the numbers but it seems very likely to me that Google spends a lot more than this on maintaining and improving Android and this alone would not be enough to put them in the black.
- thebean11 6y agoSure, but also assume any other player that wanted to be the default search engine on Android to also pay Android a similar amount..
- threeseed 6y agoGoldman Sachs seems to think Google is paying Apple nearly $10 billion. https://www.thestreet.com/investing/google-pays-apple-billions-to-be-default-search-engine-14865683 https://www.thestreet.com/investing/google-pays-apple-billio... Google could easily support Android with $100m a year if that.