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Interesting that Apple's net profits last quarter was greater than Alphabet's revenue.
by dangoor 11y ago
Interesting that Apple's net profits last quarter was greater than Alphabet's revenue.
- metaphorm 11y agomany explanations for this but really at bottom the answer is that the two businesses are not comparable and this comparison is meaningless.
- ant6n 11y agoThe length of the discussion surrounding this discussion would indicate that it is not meaningless.
- maerF0x0 11y agoThat can be a signal that investor sentiment is that Apple's revenue is less likely to continue/grow vs Alphabet's is likely to be stable/growing.
- hyperbovine 11y agoHow much Google product did you buy last quarter...
- rch 11y agoThe most interesting part about signing up to Google Contributor has been the allocation reports. Try it just once on a 'top 10 list of celeb whatever' site to see how much they make per visitor.
- JorgeGT 11y agoAccording to the sample prices of $2-$10 for 5-50% fewer ads, I guess the monthly average for each user is $13-$40?
- dragonwriter 11y agoMore than the $0 I did of Apple product. Google Express, Google Play Music (and/or Youtube Red, depending on how you look at it), a Chromecast. And a (branded, not AOSP) Android phone, which I think Google ultimately sees something for, though I'm not sure.
- tedmiston 11y agoOr, How many websites did you browse that serve ads from Google last quarter...
- pluma 11y agoBecause Apple sells fashion products whereas Alphabet consists of a wide variety of companies with Google itself mostly making money with advertising? Other than having overlapping categories in their product and service portfolio, I have no idea how the two can be compared. I mean, Alphabet has military robots.
- zepto 11y agoAlphabet has failed at military robots: http://m.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/29/us_marines_kill_off_bigdog_robot/ http://m.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/29/us_marines_kill_off_bi...
- adventured 11y agoIn fact they didn't fail at all. Google had no intentions of going forward with military robots. They were very clear about that when they acquired Boston Dynamics.
- zepto 11y agoThis is incorrect. They completely failed. Whether or not they intended to go forward with future military robot projects, the project they did execute was rejected by the customer, not closed by Google.
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