> Google Play are unprofitable.
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/05/app-revenue-climbed-35-per...
$20B in revenue.
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/05/app-revenue-climbed-35-per...
$20B in revenue.
with the 30% commission, it would be at most $6B. From http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/01/technology/google-earnings/i...:
> Alphabet posted nearly $15 billion in sales for the year from Google's "other revenues," which include cloud services and hardware products, like the Pixel phones and Google Home smart speakers.
I think you're getting at what is sometimes called "cost of revenue" and "net revenue" for businesses where it's important to report on sales channel costs.
Google doesn't break down the Play Store revenues this way, but for advertising there's a similar dynamic at play where it's "revenue" and "traffic acquisition costs"