Comment on Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake
UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world 11 months agoI don’t think there is all that much money in handsets, which is why every phone company does their own weird version of Android to try to get advertising revenue on the back end.
blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is correct. The money is made on the searches. With their own phones, they can push their own search engine and Ads. Google did it so they could force other makers to standardize. Microsoft can do the same thing. You make money the store. Android just makes it easy to port apps to Microsoft’s app store Developers won’t be required to code a new app just for Microsoft.