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Google's only product is online advertising, the only kind of advertising that matters in the 21st century. This is a big deal because they can abuse their adv
by otabdeveloper1 8y ago
Google's only product is online advertising, the only kind of advertising that matters in the 21st century.
This is a big deal because they can abuse their advertising clout for evil purposes. (E.g., advertise Chrome but put out a prohibitive pricing scheme for Firefox.)
But it's not a monopoly yet because Facebook and Amazon are competing actors in this space in the USA, and other nations have their own local actors.
In theory, though, if Google went on a really aggressive attack via their Chrome, Android and Analytics properties then they could kill off the competition.
- ArchTypical 8y ago> Google's only product is online advertising That's not true. Not even from a particular viewpoint. You might want to rephrase that. Google's primary revenue stream is from online advertising. They have a myriad of products, without which, the revenue stream would dry up. Youtube is a platform and a product and a brand. Google Search. GMail. Etc.