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0 pointsscarface743y ago0 comments

It’s unwise to depend on Google with decades of history of poor customer service.

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blooalien3y ago· 3 in thread

Funny how their motto used to be "Don't be Evil."

This isn’t Google being “evil” just incompetent. During their entire history, they’ve had one successful product - advertising.

No Android has not been a financial success. It came out in the Oracle trial that Android had only made Google $27 Billion in profit from its inception through the trial start date.

For comparison, Google pays Apple a reported $14 Billion a year to be the default search engine on iOS devices. Apple makes more in mobile from Google than Google makes from Android.

290830113977783y ago

Android has immeasurable value, by way of ensuring Google didn't get locked out of the mobile ecosystem. What happens to Chrome's market share without being a default on one of the most used operating systems in the world? How about Google's traffic data for Google Maps without billions of devices they own reporting in every 60 seconds?

Android's value may not be easy to measure, but it's worth in building and maintaining Google's moat positively boggles the mind.

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DiggyJohnson3y ago

Incompetence that leads to accusing a caring father of distributing CP seems “evil” to me.

And I usually find myself on your side of these discussion, trying to avoid hyperbole. I don’t think ‘evil’ is hyperbolic in this case.

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blooalien3y ago· 3 in thread

Funny how their motto used to be "Don't be Evil."

scarface74OP3y ago

This isn’t Google being “evil” just incompetent. During their entire history, they’ve had one successful product - advertising.

No Android has not been a financial success. It came out in the Oracle trial that Android had only made Google $27 Billion in profit from its inception through the trial start date.

For comparison, Google pays Apple a reported $14 Billion a year to be the default search engine on iOS devices. Apple makes more in mobile from Google than Google makes from Android.

290830113977783y ago

Android has immeasurable value, by way of ensuring Google didn't get locked out of the mobile ecosystem. What happens to Chrome's market share without being a default on one of the most used operating systems in the world? How about Google's traffic data for Google Maps without billions of devices they own reporting in every 60 seconds?

Android's value may not be easy to measure, but it's worth in building and maintaining Google's moat positively boggles the mind.

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DiggyJohnson3y ago

Incompetence that leads to accusing a caring father of distributing CP seems “evil” to me.

And I usually find myself on your side of these discussion, trying to avoid hyperbole. I don’t think ‘evil’ is hyperbolic in this case.

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