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===Mobile advertising===

===Mobile advertising===

advertisements are shown when users search for applications in the Play Store, perform web searches (using Google search, which is the default) and more.  Additionally, some applications are ad-supported, meaning that they display Google's ads in-app. These are ads which publishers are paying Google directly to display.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money">https://www.androidauthority.com/how-does-google-make-money-from-android-669008/</ref>

advertisements are shown when users search for applications in the Play Store, perform web searches (using Google search, which is the default) and more.  Additionally, some applications are ad-supported, meaning that they display Google's ads in-app. These are ads which publishers are paying Google directly to display.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money"/>

===Play store===

===Play store===

Containing over 1.5 million applications, the Play Store certainly has a wide variety of apps to choose from.  Many of these are offered for "free," although they  are often ad-supported, as stated above (others farm user data). However, any application which the user buys, delivers a cut of the sale to Google. In fact, 30% of the sale price is taken by Google. In 2014, for example, Google made about $3 billion from Play Store sales.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money">https://www.androidauthority.com/how-does-google-make-money-from-android-669008/</ref><br />

Containing over 1.5 million applications, the Play Store certainly has a wide variety of apps to choose from.  Many of these are offered for "free," although they  are often ad-supported, as stated above (others farm user data). However, any application which the user buys, delivers a cut of the sale to Google. In fact, 30% of the sale price is taken by Google. In 2014, for example, Google made about $3 billion from Play Store sales.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money"/><br />

Additionally, the Play Store offers music, movies, and books, for a fee.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money">https://www.androidauthority.com/how-does-google-make-money-from-android-669008/</ref>

Additionally, the Play Store offers music, movies, and books, for a fee.<ref name="androidauthority.com make money"/>

===More===

===More===

Google has also been using personal data from Android devices to improve ad targeting,<ref name="androidauthority.com make money">https://www.androidauthority.com/how-does-google-make-money-from-android-669008/</ref> aid law enforcement (through their Sensorvault database, which tracks user location),<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/technology/google-sensorvault-location-tracking.html</ref> and probably more.

Google has also been using personal data from Android devices to improve ad targeting,<ref name="androidauthority.com make money"/> aid law enforcement (through their Sensorvault database, which tracks user location),<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/technology/google-sensorvault-location-tracking.html</ref> and probably more.

===Other possibilities===

===Other possibilities===