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> why do you think they pay for ads for people to install it? google makes money directly/indirectly from people using chrome, and they do it by collecting dat
by wutbrodo 11y ago
> why do you think they pay for ads for people to install it? google makes money directly/indirectly from people using chrome, and they do it by collecting data from chrome.
Products don't need to explicitly produce revenue to be worth developing (and advertising). It's shocking to me how this incredibly basic concept is so far beyond the understanding of so many, particularly on HN. Chrome is a particularly easy case, given that, from its inception, it's pushed people towards Google searches. I've lost count of how many times people have pointed out that Android is a failure for Google because they don't make any money off of it (yes really), completely ignoring the fact that a world in which iOS controlled ~100% of the mobile market would be an uncomfortable position for Google (given that internet activity was moving so heavily towards mobile).
- meesterdude 11y agook. use chrome -> search via google -> google ads. Still indirectly making money from it, thus a profit motive in advertising for it. My point still stands. And I do doubt thats the only thing they profit from by people using chrome.
- wutbrodo 11y agoYea I mean, I wasn't disagreeing with the point that "Chrome makes them money". The huge leap in logic to "therefore, they make money by collecting data" is what I took exception to.