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Google could very well be a one hit wonder. Coming from someone who works at a company with one successful product and many failed ones: Maybe they are too weal

by t34543 7y ago

Google could very well be a one hit wonder. Coming from someone who works at a company with one successful product and many failed ones: Maybe they are too wealthy to want a second success. Life is cozy.

myko 7y ago
In addition to search I'd say: - Gmail - Android (and Google Play) - Drive - Maps - Chromecast - Google Home - YouTube (+Premium) are super successful.
- tigershark 7y ago
  If the metric for success is revenue then, no, they are not by any sensible measure super successful. Their revenue combined it’s a small fraction of search/ads.
  - drivebycomment 7y ago
    By that standard, practically all other companies are failures, since practically all other companies pale in comparison to Google search. So I would say your claim is absurd.
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- pathseeker 7y ago
  How much money have they made off of Chromecast?
  - myko 7y ago
    I'm not sure, but as of 2017 55 million Chromecast devices had reportedly been sold: https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/04/google-has-sold-55-million-chromecasts-up-from-30-million-in-july-2016/ https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/04/google-has-sold-55-millio... Anecdotally it's pretty popular with folks I know in Columbus, OH - admittedly they tend to be on the tech savvy side.
    - pathseeker 7y ago
      Units sold != success. Moviepass had a heck of a sales run without ever being successful.
- smt88 7y ago
  There's no evidence that YouTube is profitable[1]. In fact, there's no evidence any of this is profitable. Android, Gmail, and Maps make money from ads, not from charging users directly. That makes them the same business as search. Hardware businesses like Home and Chromecast usually aren't profitable, and Google (like Amazon) is likely using them to keep people in their ecosystem. That leaves Drive, which might have some good margins, but they give it away for free to many users... 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financial-disclosure-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financ...
  - zarriak 7y ago
    Every day that Youtube exists without competitors it further solidifies itself as the only video platform like itself that will exist. Gmail makes money from business users and I would go as so far to say that if it doesn't make more money that Drive now it will make more money in 10 years from people who have lived their entire lives inside of a gmail account using it for business.
  - ec109685 7y ago
    Gmail makes money from enterprises that use Gsuite.
    - dmix 7y ago
      It said in the article G Suite might account for the bulk of Google Clouds revenue, since its combined in their financial reports with the infrastructure stuff and G Suite is extremely popular.
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by t34543 7y ago

myko 7y ago

In addition to search I'd say: - Gmail - Android (and Google Play) - Drive - Maps - Chromecast - Google Home - YouTube (+Premium) are super successful.

tigershark 7y ago
If the metric for success is revenue then, no, they are not by any sensible measure super successful. Their revenue combined it’s a small fraction of search/ads.
- drivebycomment 7y ago
  By that standard, practically all other companies are failures, since practically all other companies pale in comparison to Google search. So I would say your claim is absurd.
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pathseeker 7y ago
How much money have they made off of Chromecast?
- myko 7y ago
  I'm not sure, but as of 2017 55 million Chromecast devices had reportedly been sold: https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/04/google-has-sold-55-million-chromecasts-up-from-30-million-in-july-2016/ https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/04/google-has-sold-55-millio... Anecdotally it's pretty popular with folks I know in Columbus, OH - admittedly they tend to be on the tech savvy side.
  - pathseeker 7y ago
    Units sold != success. Moviepass had a heck of a sales run without ever being successful.
smt88 7y ago
There's no evidence that YouTube is profitable[1]. In fact, there's no evidence any of this is profitable. Android, Gmail, and Maps make money from ads, not from charging users directly. That makes them the same business as search. Hardware businesses like Home and Chromecast usually aren't profitable, and Google (like Amazon) is likely using them to keep people in their ecosystem. That leaves Drive, which might have some good margins, but they give it away for free to many users... 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financial-disclosure-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financ...
- zarriak 7y ago
  Every day that Youtube exists without competitors it further solidifies itself as the only video platform like itself that will exist. Gmail makes money from business users and I would go as so far to say that if it doesn't make more money that Drive now it will make more money in 10 years from people who have lived their entire lives inside of a gmail account using it for business.
- ec109685 7y ago
  Gmail makes money from enterprises that use Gsuite.
  - dmix 7y ago
    It said in the article G Suite might account for the bulk of Google Clouds revenue, since its combined in their financial reports with the infrastructure stuff and G Suite is extremely popular.

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