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Interesting that almost none of these devices are shipped with Google Account integration. What does Google get out of this huge market share?

by alpb 14y ago

steve19 14y ago
What does it cost them? There is no marginal cost for each Android phone shipped. When people upgrade from a cheap non-brand phone to a Samsung or Huawei they will start making money.
tsotha 14y ago
They get some influence on the future direction of the technology. China is such a huge market that might be worth quite a bit.
zalew 14y ago
> Interesting that almost none of these devices are shipped with Google Account integration. More interesting (for Google) is that 90% of Chinese people don't buy Windows and iOS phones. Opensource at its finest and opensource as a defence weapon at the same time.
- pretoriusB 14y ago
  >More interesting (for Google) is that 90% of Chinese people don't buy Windows and iOS phones. 70% of people in the west doesn't buy Windows (nobody buys Windows phones, period), or iOS phones anyway. So, it's not much surprise that Android does well in a much poorer market. It always catered mostly to the lower end of the market in the west too.
ars 14y ago
> What does Google get out of this huge market share? A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores. I'm sure lots of the programs will be junk and/or uninteresting in other countries, but the better programs will probably be able to afford localization.
- pretoriusB 14y ago
  >A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores. Don't bet on it. Most of those will be highly localized, and those people, mainly Chinese, would have to jump through hoops to get them on Google stores for not much benefit. In fact, Google does not make much, if anything at all from the whole Android thing, Samsung makes a killing though.
  - metachris 14y ago
    But anyway Google makes money off of every new user on the internet!
j_col 14y ago
Eye balls. They're in the advertising business, remember?
- alpb 14y ago
  Chinese people probably visit Chinese websites, which probably don't have Google Ads?

Interesting that almost none of these devices are shipped with Google Account integration. What does Google get out of this huge market share?

by alpb 14y ago

Interesting that almost none of these devices are shipped with Google Account integration. What does Google get out of this huge market share?

steve19 14y ago

What does it cost them? There is no marginal cost for each Android phone shipped. When people upgrade from a cheap non-brand phone to a Samsung or Huawei they will start making money.

tsotha 14y ago

They get some influence on the future direction of the technology. China is such a huge market that might be worth quite a bit.

zalew 14y ago

> Interesting that almost none of these devices are shipped with Google Account integration. More interesting (for Google) is that 90% of Chinese people don't buy Windows and iOS phones. Opensource at its finest and opensource as a defence weapon at the same time.

pretoriusB 14y ago
>More interesting (for Google) is that 90% of Chinese people don't buy Windows and iOS phones. 70% of people in the west doesn't buy Windows (nobody buys Windows phones, period), or iOS phones anyway. So, it's not much surprise that Android does well in a much poorer market. It always catered mostly to the lower end of the market in the west too.

ars 14y ago

> What does Google get out of this huge market share? A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores. I'm sure lots of the programs will be junk and/or uninteresting in other countries, but the better programs will probably be able to afford localization.

pretoriusB 14y ago
>A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores. Don't bet on it. Most of those will be highly localized, and those people, mainly Chinese, would have to jump through hoops to get them on Google stores for not much benefit. In fact, Google does not make much, if anything at all from the whole Android thing, Samsung makes a killing though.
- metachris 14y ago
  But anyway Google makes money off of every new user on the internet!

j_col 14y ago

Eye balls. They're in the advertising business, remember?

alpb 14y ago
Chinese people probably visit Chinese websites, which probably don't have Google Ads?