3 ms·Don't they pay Apple and Microsoft for various patents though? The vendors that is.by rplnt 11y agoDon't they pay Apple and Microsoft for various patents though? The vendors that is.soup10 11y agoI think they do for chips and stuff, not sure about design. Much harder to enforce most design stuff because once you've found 'the good way' it seems super obvious.malka 11y agoActually Android is more profitable to Microsoft than Windows Phone itself.