Re:The Cheap Phones Quietly Winning the U.S
by cuicuocua on Friday September 04, 2015 @11:38AM
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I can't picture a day Google decides make money directly out of Android. It gets them tons of users to their services which gets them tons of money. And all companies building Android phones are doing the selling hard part instead of Google.
Far more likely is an ever greater interaction between Android, online services and chrome OS until they all mix undistinguished or one takes over the others.
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Re:The Cheap Phones Quietly Winning the U.S
by bryanlarsen on Friday September 04, 2015 @12:19PM
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Google already makes money from Android. The base OS is free, but they charge for the application, store and play services bundle, IIRC.
Re:The Cheap Phones Quietly Winning the U.S
by michaelbuckbee on Friday September 04, 2015 @12:18PM
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Don't need they make money from app sales?