Company
Play
Who owns the shelf, who is tied to it on the public record, and how the titles on this desk score.
39
47 titles on this desk. 3 at 70 or above. 27 under 40.
Google Play — owned by Alphabet Inc. · Parent: Nasdaq: GOOGL
Mountain View, California. Founded 2012, as the successor to the Android Market.
The company
Google Play is the Android toll booth, the twin of Apple's store and the cousin of YouTube. Same parent. Different door. The desk uses it for the apps teens download.
Who owns it
Alphabet. The same control stock, the same chief executive, the same index holders as YouTube. See that map for the parent. This one is the store.
Public offices
The store is in the same antitrust fights as the rest of Google: app fees, default deals, and the European rules that now treat the biggest stores as gatekeepers. Epic sued Google over the Play fee as well.
Who connects to whom
Tap a name. The lines are ownership, a job, a lawsuit, or a marriage that is already in the record. Index funds are holders, not editors.
Money, tax, and the payroll
People
Inside Alphabet. Not published for Play alone.
Revenue
Play billing is inside Alphabet's services. Not a separate public company.
Tax
Alphabet's return.
How many are watching
Google does not publish a Play viewership series. Android is the majority of the world's phones. That is reach of the gate, not of a show.
Nothing responsible to chart. A blank is better than a made-up audience.
Who it is built for
Android houses
The default store on most phones that are not iPhones.
Teens
The desk scores the Play chart teens are actually downloading.
Children
A teacher-approved strip exists. Most of the store is not that strip.
Who watches the watcher
U.S. courts
Epic v. Google. A jury found the store's ties anticompetitive.
European Commission
Gatekeeper rules under the Digital Markets Act.
FTC
The parent's privacy record, including the YouTube settlement.
The eight, over time
Now is counted from the titles on this desk. Earlier years keep that shape and move the level. They are the house's prior reading, not eight new audits.
- Industry49
- Household38
- Piety29
- Courage39
- Republic36
- Temperance34
- Truth46
- Stewardship37
What is on the shelf
Alphabet structure. Epic v. Google. EU Digital Markets Act. Figures are the parent's.
Petition
The desk does not send the letter. Copy it, sign your name, and take it to the person who can act.