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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by rplnt on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @04:23PM (#11865348)
Because Google has a great track record of caring about Android developers? They are basically monopoly (in western markets at least), they don't need to do anything to turn profit. They are happy to collect their 30% while spending almost nothing (directly that is - on support for example).
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by Thetawaves on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @04:33PM (#11865421)
The Google Play Store didn't write it self.... Those developers cost real money.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by perbu on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @04:56PM (#11865597)
Sure. But that cost isn't proportional to the revenue generated of every app sold and every in-app purchase done on Android. Picking up a million or two in legal costs is the least they should do. If this lawsuit succeeds and this would make 1% of of app developers shy away from the Play store then the lost revenue would easily outweigh any legal costs.
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