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Cafe Bazaar maintained market dominance in Iran over Google Play
“By the time that the Google play service was opened up in the country, although there was, there hasn't been a lot of advertising around it, which I don't think Google needs, but cafe buzzer has already created some domination in the market. So they are still …”
Mohsen Malayeri Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:13 a16z Podcast | Is Entrepreneurship a Universal Language?
Assertion Supported
Chan: Google Play drives under 10% of Chinese Android app downloads
“Google Play, I believe is less than 10% of Android app downloads.”
Connie Chan Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:54 a16z Podcast | China and Tech
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Google has never disclosed revenue data for Google Play
“They haven't given any statistics at all on Android in nine months and they haven't, they've never given any data on Google Play. I mean, they've given app downloads, but they've never given revenue data”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:35 a16z Podcast | Google I/O -- A Three-Hour Tour (in 30 minutes)
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Evans: 93% of Google Play Devices Run Latest Play Services
“Google Play Services ships a new version every six weeks. 93% of the devices that are hitting Google Play are on the latest version.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 30:04 a16z Podcast | Google I/O -- A Three-Hour Tour (in 30 minutes)
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Evans: Google Play paid $5B to developers over 12 months
“All that they paid out five billion dollars to developers in the last 12 months and two billion in the previous 12 months.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:18 a16z Podcast | Google I/O -- A Three-Hour Tour (in 30 minutes)
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Google Arts & Culture Surpassed Messenger and YouTube in Downloads
“And this was so successful that ultimately the app became the most downloaded free app on both the app store iOS and also Google play for Android. And it was actually bigger than both messenger and YouTube, right?”
Andrew Chen Dec 8, 2018 ▶ 7:27 What's Next in Consumer Startups?
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