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Teeqoz on 21 January 2018
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vivster said:
Teeqoz said:

They have android app marketplaces from Tencent, Xiaomi, Huawei and Baidu, which together have almost 70% of the app market, with the remaining 30% going to. Google exited China when they couldn't compete with local companies. When/if Google Playstore becomes available, it will have little impact. The only difference for an android phone in China is that it's shipped with for instance MyApp instead of Playstore. You still have an app storefront, even if it isn't Google's.

Do you have a source? It seems kinda unintuitive for google to exit just because there is competition. I mean that's how Android started in the first place. From the stuff I have skimmed there are other reasons for google not being very present on the Chinese market.

It's more likely that 3rd party stores became popular because Google wasn't there.

https://www.forbes.com/2010/01/15/baidu-china-search-intelligent-technology-google.html#4e3541058844

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/mar/22/google-china-live

Baidu had more knowledge of the Chinese market, and were more compliant with the strict Chinese government regulations, which led Google to cut their losses and exit the market.

But regardless of why Google exited the market, them making a return wouldn't have any huge impact on app-revenue.