Isn't that partly because Apple is one big company, but "Android" isn't? The number of Android phones rivals Apple, but they're made be a bunch of different companies, with Samsung selling the most.
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12% is the max for Android OEMs, and they have to give a lot of concessions to Google to qualify.
As revealed in documents from Epic v. Google, Android's “Premier Device Program” offers 12 percent search revenue to devices with “Google exclusivity and defaults for all key functions” and no rival app stores.
In raw numbers in might make sense for Google, but I can assure you, no Android OEM will see it like that in the next negotiations.
It's because Apple users are high-grade consoomers who click and engage with a lot more ads on average than Android users.
Of course it's worth it to get hands on the most succulent customer segment out there.
It’s because apple users are generally wealthier. Not surprising since their phones are more expensive.
This is gonna be amazing, i get the popcorn, they get the chum
And?
- Apple’s market share may be larger than some of these other device manufacturers.
- Clickthrough on Apple devices might be higher.
- Apple is obviously better at negotiating.
- There is nothing stopping OEMs from switching default search providers.
For now.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The big participants in this program are/were Motorola, LG, and HMD, which had at least 98 percent of their devices qualify.
Other brands like Xiaomi, Sony, Sharp, and BBK (that's OnePlus, Oppo, and Vivo) were at 70 percent.
Android partners don't just get search revenue; they also get a cut of Google Play app sales and ads run on their devices.
Notably absent from that list is Samsung, which, as the biggest Android OEM, has its own deal with Google.
We're unsure how that was calculated, but Apple gets an $18 billion-a-year lump sum payment plus the 36 percent revenue share.
Pichai recently justified the huge payment gap by saying that Google has to share Android revenue with carriers, too, but that's not true in Apple's case.
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I haven’t read this article, but I’ve been following Epic V. Google a good bit, and don’t they also give carriers a share for Android? Either way it’s still crazy.
They get a few % from app sales and ads if they quality for the highest tier, but most OEMs don't.
Ahh, I see, thank you!