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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Google originally did not want to make any money from Android's app store

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Google originally did not want to make any money from Android's app store

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Back in 2008, Google had not intended to operate the Android Market as a profit center, hoping to collect only a small charge for billing.

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It has most of the paying customers/revenue though.
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  I don’t know what the numbers are in that regard but that’s quite possible.

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