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I don't see how it's economically practical. How are Chrome, Gmail, Maps, et al going to be able to support themselves without the ad cash cow?
by treis 6y ago
I don't see how it's economically practical. How are Chrome, Gmail, Maps, et al going to be able to support themselves without the ad cash cow?
- easton 6y agoSell AdWords space just like everyone else, right? The tight integration between Search and Ads might be lost though, since they wouldn't be able to talk to each other the same way. I'd imagine that'd take a chunk out of revenue.
- treis 6y agoIs anybody making much money selling AdWords? AFAIK, the real value comes from collecting data and selling your own ads.
- brandonmenc 6y ago> How are Chrome, Gmail, Maps, et al going to be able to support themselves Start providing value in exchange for cash.
- m0zg 6y agoTBH I think if major browsers ceased development for 5 years with the exception of bug and security fixes, the web would only get better. Right now it's a race between their "improvements" and ever more complicated web frameworks. You don't ever get to really _master_ the web platform.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoG-Suite (Gmail) costs money. Google Maps for Business use is prohibitively expensive (for me) - we use Azure Maps instead. Chrome is a weird thing, though.
- sixothree 6y agoThe same way competitors to those products survive.
- quintushoratius 6y agoWhat competition is there for any of those services? Bing, whatever MS brands Hotmail as these days, Yahoo, Firefox & Opera? They're all small potatoes. Apple mail and maps isn't really competition, either. Similar problem in Asia, I believe, just different players.
- unionpivo 6y agoThat was the point. If google free tire goes away, there can actually be competition. And google ads/search can still pay chrome like it does for Firefox