10-29-2011, 10:51 AM
Google really has little benefit from Android taking share, except that they can gear it more to use Google apps/services (with resulting ad revenues). But any manufacturer using Android can push Google out of the picture (look at the Kindle Fire).
Google benefits from ANY mobile OS, as long as people use Google services with it. They make more money from iOS right now than Android.
As for ads in apps, Apple has their own, called iAd. From what I remember, Apple takes a 30% share, just like app and magazine sales. Plus they design the ads themselves in a lot of cases, and charge a lot for it (up to $1m).
So yeah, as a dev you can either charge for your app, or making it free with ads bringing in the revenue. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but iOS apps make way more money than Android apps.
Google benefits from ANY mobile OS, as long as people use Google services with it. They make more money from iOS right now than Android.
As for ads in apps, Apple has their own, called iAd. From what I remember, Apple takes a 30% share, just like app and magazine sales. Plus they design the ads themselves in a lot of cases, and charge a lot for it (up to $1m).
So yeah, as a dev you can either charge for your app, or making it free with ads bringing in the revenue. I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but iOS apps make way more money than Android apps.
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