Android outsells iPhone OS for first time
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> Eventually I'm sure Google will figure out a way to make money off
> the millions of Android users, but so far I think it's a net loss for
> them.I agree with what you're saying ukit, but I'd argue that Google are already making money from Android.
People assume that open-source == no profit, but that isn't the case. As far as I can tell, macroeconomics is still at work. IBM supports open-source on a large scale .. why? Is it because they have a love for fellow geeks and world harmony? ... of course not.
They support free software, and then get to sell hardware and consultancy services off the back of it .. it's another case of commodities and compliments.
Google needs free (unmoderated) access to a market in order to keep their business model going. Without this they're done for. With the iOS, Apple calls the shots .. if Apple decide they don't want an App in their store, they can put it on review forever. This means that their service-led business model could potentially be killed off.
By being supposedly benevolent, they enable continued success.
- how do you come to that conclusion? They just captured a huge mobile market they never had before.********
- "... potentially be killed off *under iOS"********
- how do you come to that conclusion? They just captured a huge mobile market they never had before.