This was in October 2008: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-market-now-available-for-users.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/200

This was in October 2008: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-market-now-available-for-users.html http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-marke... -------------------------------- "Developers will get 70% of the revenue from each purchase; the remaining amount goes to carriers and billing settlement fees — Google does not take a percentage. We believe this revenue model creates a fair and positive experience for users, developers, and carriers," notes Eric Chu. -------------------------------- This statement was at that time interpreted, that Google is buying marketshare from the carriers. I don't know if the sentence "Google does not take a persentage" still stands and how the transactions fee is splitted today.