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This data is bland. Google's revenue from its ability to use the additional data from this ecosystem surpasses Apple's 30% cut.

You know who looses? Developers.

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Unless I missed something the article mentions nothing about in app ads (or in app spending), which I'd bet a lot of devs rely on. I'd be curious to know how the split goes there. I mean, if I was developing an ad supported app, I'd stick it up on Play for the bigger market share. I'd also wager that even with the same amount of downloads on each platform you'd get more ad clicks on Android.

According to some analysts (yes I know, but if a guessing game), Goggle makes 75% of its mobile ad revenue on iOS.

http://iphone.appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/27/apples-ios-...

I would like to look at that "Goldman Sachs report" because everyone is quoting it but nobody has put a link to it. Now it seems like a fact but there is no single proof of it.

And not taking into account that Appleinsider is not the best and unbiased source of information.

The story was broke the New York Times, but Business Insider seems to have the best reference for it as they quote directly from the note and mention the lead author. Presumably the note isn't available online (for free anyway, such notes are often part of paid subscriptions but are occasionally provided to journalists). But bear in mind this entire thread is predicated on analysis, not canonical data.

http://www.businessinsider.co.id/apple-walked-away-from-iad-...

So, there is no single proof of the assertion.

Is like God, you have to believe

The level of evidence I need for god is a bit higher than the standard I need for the mobile ad market. I suppose it depends on which religion we're talking about. I've often heard it said that the whole ad business is Voodoo.

Well, it's not really meaning full to compare revenue with gross profit.

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