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Comment on Android’s Dirty Secret: Shipping Numbers Are Strong But Returns Are 30-40%

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I've seen this bouncing around for a while now. Numerous times.

I've yet to see it substantiated beyond "sources claim" and I tend to want data any time someone wants to claim numbers which seem unusually high.

Real issue? Attention-whoring bloggers? Impossible to tell without better data.

Exactly this. Some guy said a thing doesn't count as journalism.

Yeah, 40% sounds obscene. "I bought a/an Android" totals over 150k google results, but "I returned my Android" gets under 8k.

This is * extremely* rough (as google's count for results can be utter BS), but it looks more like 5% than 40%. Not good, but nothing like 40%.

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