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maybe you didn't read the article it says that Google also benefits from iOS users(although it says it's a risk that they lose the higher end niche), and the "p
by pacofvf 11y ago
maybe you didn't read the article it says that Google also benefits from iOS users(although it says it's a risk that they lose the higher end niche), and the "poor" people are the ones actually ditching the google ecosystem entirely. The article never talks about poor people, instead it refers to places where google services are unavailable/unpopular, e.g. China.
edit: For those down voting, could you please quote the part of the article that implies this: " A lot of poor people use android , poor people don't spend a lot and don't click many ads.Therefore Android is doomed."
it actually contradicts the parent comment: " For years, Android apps were a backwater, but sales have lately picked up."
"In 2014, Google Play sold about $10 billion in apps, of which Google kept about $3 billion (the rest was paid out to developers). "
"Google’s app revenue is becoming an increasingly meaningful piece of its overall business, and it is also growing rapidly."
- bduerst 11y agoThis article commits a composition fallacy and ignores that Android is the cost-leader. Yes, as the #1 low-cost solution you're going to have users you don't make a return from, but you have enough users that as a sum you make returns. Android's strategy isn't to maximize returns from each user. It's a subjective article and doesn't really provide anything insightful beyond FUD of the future.
- s73v3r 11y agoGoogle's strategy isn't to maximize returns from each user, but what about developers?
- bduerst 11y ago>Google's strategy Android's strategy isn't to maximize returns from each user, not Google. It's all market driven. Google is trying to maximize returns for each AdWords user, for example. App developers all have their own markets and their own strategies which are mostly irrelevant here.