Google is paying Apple billions per year to remain on the iPhone
>On the other hand, Sacconaghi said that Apple's iOS devices contribute about 50 percent to Google's mobile search revenue, which means Google might be too afraid to walk away from its licensing deal with Apple.<p>50%? Am I reading this right, that iOS makes up 50% of Google's mobile search revenue? IDC reports that Android made up 85% of the mobile OS market share in Q1-17, while iOS makes up 14.6%. How could iOS be contributing half of the mobile search revenue when Google's own OS is on most of the mobile devices in the world?<p>[0]<a href="https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os" rel="nofollow">https://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/os</a>