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0 pointskozukumi10y ago0 comments

Windows Phone 7.5, 8, 8.1, now 10.

Windows 10 has seen over 110 million activations according to Microsoft yet no figures regarding uptake on Windows Store apps. We still see apps leaving the Windows Phone platform (Mint app last week for example). We don't see any devs praising Universal Apps. Are those 110 million users buying lots of apps?

Microsoft are shouting loudly about the number of Windows 10 users but are saying nothing about how those numbers are affecting their Windows Store apps.

Also Android does make money for Google, not sure why you think it doesn't.

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blumkvist10y ago· 2 in thread

I was gonna reply until I read your last sentence and figured it would be pointless, since you deny simple facts.

It's too bad comment threads are locked after some time on HN. It would be swell to come back to this conversation 2 years down the road.

kozukumiOP10y ago

Android brings people into the Google eco-system which is where they make their money. They want people using their services which is why they give Android away for free. They make money on every app, video, music purchase. People who pay for Google Music, etc.

Saying Android doesn't make them money is ridiculous. Are you just looking at the Android division as a single business unit working at a loss or something? You need to look at the bigger picture I think.

blumkvist10y ago

Oh god! Google uses android to fuel users! Shocking! Thank you for opening my ignorant eyes to this bigger picture, previously hidden to me.

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