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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and fr... by romanovic on Monday September 23, 2013 @01:05PM (#6432348)
I suppose Apple devotes a lot of manpower and is very "active" in excluding all developers and applications outside of its walled garden.

Google is much different in that you have the option to publish on alternate app markets, or self-publish your own apps, of which Google gets a cut of $0. This lack of control over their own app marketplace is probably the cause of Google's flagging stock price and Android's failure to effectively compete with iOS in the mobile market.

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and fr... by onebaddude on Monday September 23, 2013 @03:14PM (#6433468)
>"the cause of Google's flagging stock price and Android's failure to effectively compete with iOS in the mobile market."

Was your comment sarcasm, or just terribly misinformed?

"Flagging" stock price? You mean the one that's hovering around all-time highs? Android's "failure to compete" with iOS for the mobile market? With 80%+ of global market share?

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