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If Google did that, it might raise some anti-trust questions. Using money from the search business to buy them a market share in another area might be seen as a
by jpalomaki 7y ago
If Google did that, it might raise some anti-trust questions. Using money from the search business to buy them a market share in another area might be seen as anti competitive move.
- vl 7y agoYes, completely unlike Chrome browser, or Android OS, or gmail, or YouTube, or any other Google service.
- jpalomaki 7y agoAndroid and Chrome are a bit different as they were started years ago and Google has been somewhat careful in not pushing then too hard (for example only allowing Chrome on YouTube). With Android and Google services they have already attracted some attention. Providing services like chat or webmail for free likely does not trigger any concerns. It has become accepted that this kind stuff does not cost anything to consumers so giving them free is not considered dumping. YouTube could be definitely a concern, but Google seems to be careful with it. For example their spending on YouTube exclusives feels quite modest.
- Talanes 7y agoSimply throwing money around to enter a new market is not anti-competitive. Throwing money at something unprofitable with the goal that growing user-share will drive future profits is a generally accepted business practice. Unless they come up with some truly outrageous predatory pricing scheme, or try and bundle it to some other Google product to push it, I don't think they'd run into any problems.