[arrosenberg]

A competitor can’t enter the market to compete on price because Google subsidizes their product with ads. Thats the very picture of predatory, anticompetitive behavior. You can’t know what the market would be if Android were forced to compete fairly.

[Bloedcoin]

Microsoft did not leave the market because of googles ad revenue.

Apple is playing the game without ads as well.

Nokia could have forked android.

Google just continue to care enough.

The other companies could replicate it. The just don't mind