[sutterbomb]

How much does google pay Apple for search priority on iOS safari? Assume they would likewise need to pay android similar amounts

[cageface]

I don't have the numbers but it seems very likely to me that Google spends a lot more than this on maintaining and improving Android and this alone would not be enough to put them in the black.

[threeseed]

Goldman Sachs seems to think Google is paying Apple nearly $10 billion.

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/google-pays-apple-billio...

Google could easily support Android with $100m a year if that.

[thebean11]

Sure, but also assume any other player that wanted to be the default search engine on Android to also pay Android a similar amount..