This is almost saying uber makes all of its money from ride hailing, almost all these years. Reality: after 2008, economy boomed, and advertising also did. Adv

This is almost saying uber makes all of its money from ride hailing, almost all these years. Reality: after 2008, economy boomed, and advertising also did. Advertising, once you have the means, is easier to scale, and high margin. Google stopped relying on just owned and operated properties, and diversified into 3p properties to achieve even more scale Most other businesses or business attempts require massive operations which google lacks Even you ramp up non advertising revenue to a billion dollar, advertising will grow more just because it is already big.