On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Rich Pieri <[email protected]> wrote: > That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of > a return through the Google Play store. > > Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured > Nexus products. You'll see similar subsidizing from Google.
I wonder how many people buy a Chromebook and don't even look at the Google Play store before erasing the whole thing and putting a free OS on it. Will this be a problem with Android handhelds, too, when Canonical unleashes its plan to take over the world next year? (If if is, it will probably be less so than with the Chromebooks.) Do we know they're really being subsidized? Or are they just cheap? Last Sunday on This Week in Tech, I think it was Leo who said he thought most Chromebook owners aren't running ChromeOS; he didn't cite a source though. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
