We know from the Oracle vs Google court case documents[0] that through the Android OS Google had made 22 billion $ in profit, as of 2016. It is a drop in the bu

We know from the Oracle vs Google court case documents[0] that through the Android OS Google had made 22 billion $ in profit, as of 2016. It is a drop in the bucket for a company the size of Google, and the platform was obviously not bought for the direct profit generating capabilities of it. But it seems it has certainly paid for it self. [0] https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10810834/android-generated-31-billion-revenue-google-oracle https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10810834/android-generate...