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And remember Google doesn't keep that 30 percent cut from the Play store -- it goes to carriers, I believe.


Citation needed.

I only found this, about limited ad revenue sharing: http://paidcontent.org/2010/03/26/419-androids-secret-sauce-...


Via Wikipedia:

http://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/bin/a...

"the remaining 30% goes to the distribution partner and operating fees."

When I read that a couple weeks ago, I assumed distribution partners meant carriers, though I guess I don't really know what it means. Also, operating fees probably means Google, so I stand corrected.




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