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> They have the capital to startup and launch in probably any industry, They tried that more than a few times and failed. X-box worked, but portable music play
by tluyben2 10y ago
> They have the capital to startup and launch in probably any industry,
They tried that more than a few times and failed. X-box worked, but portable music players, mobile and search would be things they pumped massive amounts of money into and didn't get very far with.
But yes, I would like choice above all. I am not a big Windows fan, but Android is really starting to annoy me and iOS (or at least the rules around iOS) is too limited for what I do with computers/phones/tablets.
- encoderer 10y agoFairly sure Bing makes them heaps of money now.
- UK-AL 10y agoBing has 30-40% of the market for search. Remember lots of search engines are just rebranded bing.
- bitmapbrother 10y ago40% in the US seems way too high. And a large part of that percentage probably comes from Yahoo - whose future seems uncertain. Also, a lot of those rebranding efforts aren't exactly free so any money they do make is usually shared.
- euyyn 10y agoThis https://www.searchenginejournal.com/august-2016-search-market-share/172078/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/august-2016-search-marke... says Google is 80% on desktop, higher if you count mobile too (for which it is 95%). Oh, if you mean US only then these other people https://www.statista.com/statistics/267161/market-share-of-search-engines-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/267161/market-share-of-s... say Google is 64%, yeah.
- PudgePacket 10y agoThat's a pretty big claim.. Hate to be that person but do you have any sources on that?
- nailer 10y agoThey pumped massive amounts of money into mobile and won it. Windows Mobile destroyed the previous incumbent Palm. Sure, they subsequently lost it, but let's not be too quick to forget.