ijeffM to [email protected]English • 1 year agoGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@ErikDegeneriklinkEnglish17•edit-21 year ago Well they actually did. This is from leaked Google store pages for the new Pixels.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•1 year agoBecause doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
minus-squareVoytrekklinkEnglish13•1 year agoGoogle has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoGoogle makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
minus-squareAvid AmoebalinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoBecause they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
minus-squareCubitOomlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBecause they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
But they won’t. Why would they?
Why wouldn’t they?
Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
Because they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.