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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by AndrewKemendo on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:56PM (#15012231)
How could iOS be contributing half of the mobile search revenue when Google's own OS is on most of the mobile devices in the world?

Because the users who buy things on mobile overwhelmingly use iPhones. All the money to be made is there.

I spoke with Tencent a month ago and they said over half of their users (across wechat/QQ etc...) are on iOS. That was a surprise to me as I thought Android phones completely dominated the Chinese market.

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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by sah2ed on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:17PM (#15012435)
> That was a surprise to me as I thought Android phones completely dominated the Chinese market.

Likely that Android does dominate the Chinese market like the rest of the world.

I think a better way to view it is to segment the mobile device market into 3: high, middle and low end; Apple dominates the high-end market segment. iPhones are still largely considered a status symbol in China.

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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by zwily on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:55PM (#15013767)
That doesn't explain why half of Tencent's users use iPhone. Some huge % of Chinese phones must have a Tencent app installed.
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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by seanmcdirmid on Monday August 14, 2017 @09:21PM (#15014582)
I'm sure for QQ that isn't true since those users are much more low end. WeChat maybe....but I still find it a bit of a stretch. Maybe they meant half of their revenue rather than market share?
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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by nl on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:46PM (#15013294)
Except Google is generally paid per click or per display (Doubleclick banners).

It's possible iOS users use their phones more, or some variation on that.

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Re:Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the... by whiddershins on Monday August 14, 2017 @06:14PM (#15013507)
It's more nuanced than that. The per click and per display prices are tied to user behavior.
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