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0 pointsilliarian2y ago0 comments

Does it though? Especially in the context of Google, and Google Products? John Gruber summarised it correctly: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2022/09/12/google-pixel-po...

And Google's approach to Pixels reflects that: they make them greta, then they all but abandon them, then okay again, then...

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muyuu2y ago

you can never put it past Google to just kill anything up to Google Search, but the Pixel is a success and it doesn't make sense to compare a high-end line of products on a per-unit basis to cheapo phones like TLCs

for instance the most profitable watch companies in the world are Timex, Rolex and Omega, and they have a combined market share of a fraction of a percent and on a per-unit basis they don't sell, combined, a thousandth of the units Casio alone sells (by the way most smartwatches are sell at nearly no profit and Apple's watch business has been losing money for a while)

illiarianOP2y ago

> but the Pixel is a success and it doesn't make sense to compare a high-end line of products on a per-unit basis to cheapo phones

Compare it to high end products then, and you'd still come up short.

There's also the reason why I pointed out "in the context of Google, and Google products": it's a tiny product made at great effort and expense that Google clearly doesn't know what to do about (they haven't even supported their own phones for more than three years until recently).

muyuu2y ago

compare it to high-end lines and Google is #3 in some markets and #4 in others, which is unmitigated success

companies don't get to #3 or #4 in some of the most lucrative sectors in the world and then just decide to close shop because they're not #1 or #2

there are a bunch of profitable companies that ONLY make money in Pixel's sector, are recognised brands and they are already behind the Pixel in market share

it's essentially like being Rolex in the watch business (number 1 or 2 in profit depending on market) and just closing shop because Casio sells 1000x+ more watches

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muyuu2y ago

illiarianOP2y ago

> but the Pixel is a success and it doesn't make sense to compare a high-end line of products on a per-unit basis to cheapo phones

Compare it to high end products then, and you'd still come up short.

muyuu2y ago

compare it to high-end lines and Google is #3 in some markets and #4 in others, which is unmitigated success

companies don't get to #3 or #4 in some of the most lucrative sectors in the world and then just decide to close shop because they're not #1 or #2

there are a bunch of profitable companies that ONLY make money in Pixel's sector, are recognised brands and they are already behind the Pixel in market share

it's essentially like being Rolex in the watch business (number 1 or 2 in profit depending on market) and just closing shop because Casio sells 1000x+ more watches

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