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It's important to note here that most of the revenue is from HTC and most of that is not specifically from Android but from HTC Sense which is a UI layer HTC p
by zmmmmm 15y ago
It's important to note here that most of the revenue is from HTC and most of that is not specifically from Android but from HTC Sense which is a UI layer HTC puts on top of Android and which was actually funded in part by MS in the first place to use with Windows Mobile - hence why they feel entitled to royalties when it is used outside that OS.
So while it is correct to say that the money is coming from "Android phones", it's a bit misleading to say it is coming from "Android" per se - this is a HTC Sense / MS specific thing.
Of course there are other non-HTC-sense patents too, but they are a much lesser part of the deal.