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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by taeric on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:45AM (#27619253)
Right, but that is the same as a loss being expected. They want to wait for someone that they think they can make a winning case against. Right?
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by CPLX on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:49AM (#27619324)
Not really. What they want is to protect their Trademark and avoid direct competition. Licensing serves to protect the mark in a way that just ignoring Amazon's behavior doesn't.
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by taeric on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:10PM (#27619666)
Apologies, I should have asked if you have evidence that they licensed it? If so, that would require Amazon to note it in their site, no? I see no reason to think that is the case.
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by johnjj257 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:46PM (#27620206)
You're on 3rd order assumptions at this point
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by taeric on Thursday June 24, 2021 @12:58PM (#27620450)
This feels like a useful metric, but one I haven't really heard asserted before. Care to elaborate?
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Re:Google will consider lowering Play Store cut to 15% for c... by johnjj257 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:45PM (#27622118)
It's nothing formal just saying an assumption based on an assumption keeps having lower chances of being correct the further you take it.
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