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>a commercially viable DARPA. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the only subdivision that makes any significant money for Google the Adwords business?
by kybernetyk 12y ago
>a commercially viable DARPA.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the only subdivision that makes any significant money for Google the Adwords business?
- Phlarp 12y agoMostly yes, Adwords is still the elephant in the room. Android is modestly profitable and now Youtube is finally eeking out profit for them, but all of these cash flow sources are firmly rooted in showing ads to captive eyeballs.
- chambo622 12y agoI'm curious what you mean by "Android is modestly profitable." Google doesn't charge OEMs (or anyone) for Android.
- eclipxe 12y agoPlay store
- chambo622 12y agoGot it
- Phlarp 12y agoThey get a cut of app store sales, and additional third parties pay them to display ads within mobile apps using admob. Although it isn't hard to come up with other ways for them to extract more money out of android, I can't imagine a lack of willing buyers for all sorts of information they could harvest from the billion or so deployed devices.
- bryanlarsen 12y agoThey certainly do charge for Android. AOSP is free, but that only includes a small part of what is shipped on an Android Phone. If you want all the apps (Mail, Play Store, etc.) you have to pay.