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Subject: [Discuss] The Windows tax
From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 12:47:05 -0500
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That's evidence of Google subsidising the hardware in expectation of
a return through the Google Play store.

Compare Samsung's Galaxy-branded products with the Samsung-manufactured
Nexus products. You'll see similar subsidizing from Google.

-- 
Rich P.

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