> What does Google get out of this huge market share?
A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores.
I'm sure lots of the programs will be junk and/or uninteresting in other countries, but the better programs will probably be able to afford localization.
>A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores.
Don't bet on it. Most of those will be highly localized, and those people, mainly Chinese, would have to jump through hoops to get them on Google stores for not much benefit.
In fact, Google does not make much, if anything at all from the whole Android thing, Samsung makes a killing though.
A larger ecosystem. People writing android programs for the Chinese market will probably also upload them to Google's stores.
I'm sure lots of the programs will be junk and/or uninteresting in other countries, but the better programs will probably be able to afford localization.