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Originally Posted by CriticalCritic
Technically, Google is making money directly from HTC, Motorola, and from whoever else they license the OS. True, they are not selling it directly to consumers, but they are making money from it.
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Google released most of the Android code under the
Apache License, a
free software and
open source license.
(Source Wikipedia)
I believe that this was the appeal of this OS, to the Mobile phone makers, the potential for pure profit on the hardware. Thus the OHA and it's ever growing member list!
Quote:
Originally Posted by CriticalCritic
Plenty of people are making money off of Android directly. Was the Android OS not a selling point to you when you bought your phone? If there is any possibility that someone somewhere would have switched to AT&T to pick up an iphone IF Android had not existed, then there has been a direct gain made by offering Android, and a subsequent loss to Apple.
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So True. Every Android based device sold is potential money off of the table, for Apple! This was not an issue with One U.S. carrier and 1-2 phone products that did not make much of a dent in the total market share. But with the current product and vendor announcements for 2010, Android is a potental force to be dealt with!