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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 · 2 years 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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25% went to carriers

2008 was different. It’s amazing how much power carriers had at the time.

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