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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Google originally did not want to make any money from Android's app store

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Google originally did not want to make any money from Android's app store

www.androidauthority.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Back in 2008, Google had not intended to operate the Android Market as a profit center, hoping to collect only a small charge for billing.
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    Apple isn’t really a major competitor when android has 80% of the market.

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      It has most of the paying customers/revenue though.

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        I don’t know what the numbers are in that regard but that’s quite possible.

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