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0 pointsscarface746y ago0 comments

In the last 9 years, Apple has introduced two products that are probably larger generators of revenue than the iPod.

Microsoft has released Azure.

Saying that a Google sells ads in more places is about as “diversified” as saying Apple sells iPhones on more carriers.

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petra6y ago· 1 in thread

In 2001 Google didn't own YouTube. Today it does.

YouTube profits from selling ads, that's true.

Yes YouTube makes all of their money from selling ads. But it's fate is highly independent from Google search. That's diversification.

Same idea goes for Other Google businesses.

As for Apple - it's less diversified than it seems: the fate of the watch, for example, is highly dependent on the fate of the iPhone.

And all indications is that Youtube is barely profitable....

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