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Is Google going to stop supporting android due to lack of profitability?

So at the moment Apple hold the 1st place in mobile OS marketshare, I feel the unfortunate thing that will happen as marketshare drops Google will slowly move to supporting projects other than android, and eventually drop support entirely and focus on making better iOS apps, Device makers will start making their own operating systems with tighter locked down appstores in order compete with iOS, we already see this with Amazon planning to switch to a linux based OS in future fire devices.

MrJameGumb , (edited )
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

Do you mean are they going to drop the second most profitable OS in the entire world to focus on making apps for their main competitor? No, probably not.

A quick cursory search shows that Google makes billions of dollars annually off of Android software. Just because they’re in the number two spot doesn’t mean they’re not making an obscene amount of money

hitmyspot ,

And google makes billions off of apple software and searches too.

TheBigBrother ,

Who told you android isn’t profitable? Maybe not directly but indirectly it’s a fucking money machine…

Mr_Blott ,

At the moment Apple hold the 1st place in mobile OS marketshare,

Eh?

Android 71%, Apple 29%

skymtf OP ,

I think the stat i looked at was sales

Pyro ,

While posible, don’t forget about the pixel series, Google dipped into hardware. So at least for a good bit they are going to stay the course. Chromebooks are a cousin of android and is something I bet they have support contracts via education for years to come.

Though it’s Google so it’s posible

Deebster ,
@Deebster@programming.dev avatar

What connection do Chromebooks have to Android? I thought ChromiumOS was based on Gentoo Linux.

Pyro ,

A bit of the selling point for the chromebooks is that it can run a lot of stuff from the playstore. Why called it a cousin.

Deebster ,
@Deebster@programming.dev avatar

Ah, I didn’t know that - thanks

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