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How does Google attribute a profit to Android specifically? Play Store cut? or do vendors have to pay for Google Apps which I doubt would be the case.
by actuator 6y ago
How does Google attribute a profit to Android specifically? Play Store cut? or do vendors have to pay for Google Apps which I doubt would be the case.
- rtlfe 6y ago> or do vendors have to pay for Google Apps which I doubt would be the case. They do: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/19/17999366/google-eu-android-licensing-terms https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/19/17999366/google-eu-andro...
- actuator 6y agoHuh, that's surprising. $40 seems like a good price for getting the core Google Apps but then if I take the APK and install it on my non Google Play Android phone is it considered piracy?
- rtlfe 6y ago> if I take the APK and install it on my non Google Play Android phone is it considered piracy? Indeed. And meanwhile, the same apps are completely free on iOS.