[Discuss] The Windows tax

[Rich Pieri]

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:22:21 -0500
Brendan Kidwell <brendan at glump.net> wrote:

> Do we know they're really being subsidized? Or are they just cheap?

We don't "know" in the sense that Google hasn't stated as such. "Just
cheap", however, isn't the determining factor. Compare. Nexus 4, made
by LG, costs $299 without a contract. The LG Optimus G, almost exactly
the same device, is $549 without a contract. Nearly identical hardware
and operating system and no Windows tax, but a retail cost difference
of $150.

-- 
Rich P.