As someone who knows zilch about business, I don't quite understand why people knowing these numbers is so devastating. What will another company do with these two numbers that it otherwise wouldn't do?
Now everyone knows just how valuable Android is for Google so they can hold them over a barrel for more money, such as when Google is negotiating a patent licensing agreement for some critical patent in the Android ecosystem. If no one knows what the number is, you can at least play it down and get a better deal. Now there's no chance.
