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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by AgentIcarus on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:34PM (#15742998)
Do you think they would be if they charged?
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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by brucephillips on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:47PM (#15743119)
It doesn't matter. They derive much value from their market dominance.
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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by simonh on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:27PM (#15743912)
They make about twice as much money from mobile ads iOS as they do from Android, hence they pay Billions to Apple to be the default search provider on iOS. That can’t be a comfortable position to be in, and hardly looks like a position of dominance no matter how much you squint.
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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by mcny on Monday November 20, 2017 @09:22PM (#15745059)
> They make about twice as much money from mobile ads iOS as they do from Android, hence they pay Billions to Apple to be the default search provider on iOS. That can’t be a comfortable position to be in, and hardly looks like a position of dominance no matter how much you squint.

Here's one way to squint: they'd have to pay a lot more if they didn't have Android.

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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by rafiki6 on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:00PM (#15743700)
They do charge. The Android most manufacturer's sell with google's services isn't free. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/google-s-...
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Re:Microsoft Has It All—Almost (1985) by bduerst on Monday November 20, 2017 @06:29PM (#15744334)
The article you link to refers to advertising and play store revenue from users, not licensing revenue from manufacturers.
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