I found this part intriguing: "recent estimates of its Android licensing business suggest Microsoft is earning somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion from

I found this part intriguing: "recent estimates of its Android licensing business suggest Microsoft is earning somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion from Android device makers paying royalties. Microsoft said last year more than 50 percent of Android devices are made by companies with licensing deals in place, and the estimates now range as high as 70 percent." I wonder if that's $1 billion-$2 billion/year? If so, I'm wondering how seriously (if at all) Apple has ever considering pivoting from a "Prevent other companies from copying our core design differentiation" to a "$1 Billion/year is a pretty good licensing revenue stream."