I think we might be missing the big picture here. Apple captures 75% of the profit from handset market share. The rest is split between high end Android devices from say Samsung and low-end commodity Shanzhan android devices.

But in the Android sphere Google is clearly capturing the profits from Android devices on software.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/21/10810834/android-generate...

In addition to profits, Google does not have to pay for the search bar to be highlighted and their apps to be installed:

https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/25/analysts-google-to-pay-apple-...