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Users of the Android OS are not Google's customers.
by paul_f 6y ago
Users of the Android OS are not Google's customers.
- neop1x 6y agoMost of them are. :) Except for Huawei, I haven't seen an Android user not using Google Play Services. There is probably statistically-insignificant number of users just having F-Droid on a LineageOS who do not use Play Store, Push services or don't consume their ads. So most Android users are indirectly also Google users.
- acoard 6y agoI'd wager that's untrue. Anyone who buys an app, or in app purchase, is directly a Google customer. I'd also argue that even if someone uses Play Store services, but doesn't pay a penny, they're still a "customer" in a looser sense of the word. They're engaging in the market-place, likely using free apps subsidized by advertising. Even if you want to argue that they're the product instead of the client (and I'd be inclined to agree), they're still revenue-generating users.