As far as I know Google does not receive a cut of apps sold. As a developer they do take a percentage when I sell an app however I believe those go to the carriers or whoever is processing the payment.
I think android will provide google with a much better opportunity than they have on the desktop. More people have cell phones than computers. And a cell phone is something that you can always have with you.
And this is why we don’t innovate in terms of technology as fast as we could. Everything is about pleasing some suits that don’t see long term. When Android is crushing everything else on the market and they get a cut off the apps being sold this isn’t money? Was anyone else going to get to this position by selling an OS? But unfortunately most of the suits still can’t wrap their head around open source and how you find the money in it. By giving things away and keeping them open you quickly build an ecosystem that can bring you money in other ways. Or hell…have they thought about the fact that the investment in Google returns through HTC, Moto, Verizon etc? Do the investors only own stock in one company?
I was expecting at least a mention of all the people that will start using more google services because of the great integration with android
@Josh
Are there any facts that cause you to believe that?
Just curious.
Who does get that 30% cut?
Why wouldn’t Google get at least some of it?
A top-quality news feed from Google? “I’d buy that for a dollar!”
it is very very important that google pushes android for the enterprise because that’s where all the money is
As far as I know Google does not receive a cut of apps sold. As a developer they do take a percentage when I sell an app however I believe those go to the carriers or whoever is processing the payment.
I think android will provide google with a much better opportunity than they have on the desktop. More people have cell phones than computers. And a cell phone is something that you can always have with you.
And this is why we don’t innovate in terms of technology as fast as we could. Everything is about pleasing some suits that don’t see long term. When Android is crushing everything else on the market and they get a cut off the apps being sold this isn’t money? Was anyone else going to get to this position by selling an OS? But unfortunately most of the suits still can’t wrap their head around open source and how you find the money in it. By giving things away and keeping them open you quickly build an ecosystem that can bring you money in other ways. Or hell…have they thought about the fact that the investment in Google returns through HTC, Moto, Verizon etc? Do the investors only own stock in one company?