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Google having Android guarantees a large percent of mobile searches go through Google. It also means that Google has to pay Apple significantly less to be the default search provider for the iPhone. If these were the only accomplishments of Android, it would likely still be worth it for Google.

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The money that Google pays to Apple has to be all but meaningless. This is a company who has $100 billion in the bank. What does $100 million mean to them?

>Google having Android guarantees a large percent of mobile searches go through Google.

That may be true but what is it worth? From every survey I've seen, consumers are using apps more for search than using browser search. Browser usage is continually going down in the era of mobile apps.

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