Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
Because they don't have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
But they won't. Why would they?
Why wouldn't they?
Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
Because they don't have a monopolistic position in this market yet.