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Android, G-Suite, even YouTube (though that is also advertising)

by mckeed 6y ago

ramphastidae 6y ago
Huh? Android is OSS. YouTube has never posted a profit.
- asiachick 6y ago
  It hasn't? https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-al...
  - jsploit 6y ago
    Perhaps I missed it, but that only seems to mention YouTube revenue - not profit.
    - asiachick 6y ago
      Sure, so what evidence is there that youtube does not make a profit?
      - ramphastidae 6y ago
        Google is highly incentivized to show profitability to shareholders. It will drive stock value. If they are purposefully choosing to hide YT financials in quarterly statements, it’s probably not because they are good. Just search for YouTube and profitability on Google. It’s a loss leader.
        asiachick 6y ago
        Did they separate out search profit? My understanding is they don't separate out anything so by following your logic no divisions at google made a profit.
  - ramphastidae 6y ago
    No, it hasn’t. Did you read your own link?
    - asiachick 6y ago
      Yes, I did read it. Nothing in the article suggests youtube didn't make a profit. I get that revenue != profit. What evidence do you have that they don't
- palestine-tree 6y ago
  ? What does OSS have to do with being it being profitable (to the tune of dozens of billions $ / year)?
  - ramphastidae 6y ago
    Very simple: Google doesn’t sell Android. They sell mobile devices that run their version of Android. The profitability of their mobile business overall is unclear (we’ve only seen numbers for specific phones). Can you cite your billions in profit claim?
    - asiachick 6y ago
      You're separating the fact that Android is OSS from the fact that google running Android allows them to run the Play Store which made billions last year. It also lets them have Google Search be the default on all those devices. Google themselves account Android this way, attributing some amount of the profit from those things to the fact that they run Android

Android, G-Suite, even YouTube (though that is also advertising)

by mckeed 6y ago

Android, G-Suite, even YouTube (though that is also advertising)

ramphastidae 6y ago

Huh? Android is OSS. YouTube has never posted a profit.

asiachick 6y ago
It hasn't? https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-alphabet-earnings-revenue-first-time-reveal-q4-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21121207/youtube-google-al...
- jsploit 6y ago
  Perhaps I missed it, but that only seems to mention YouTube revenue - not profit.
  - asiachick 6y ago
    Sure, so what evidence is there that youtube does not make a profit?
    - ramphastidae 6y ago
      Google is highly incentivized to show profitability to shareholders. It will drive stock value. If they are purposefully choosing to hide YT financials in quarterly statements, it’s probably not because they are good. Just search for YouTube and profitability on Google. It’s a loss leader.
      - asiachick 6y ago
        Did they separate out search profit? My understanding is they don't separate out anything so by following your logic no divisions at google made a profit.
- ramphastidae 6y ago
  No, it hasn’t. Did you read your own link?
  - asiachick 6y ago
    Yes, I did read it. Nothing in the article suggests youtube didn't make a profit. I get that revenue != profit. What evidence do you have that they don't
palestine-tree 6y ago
? What does OSS have to do with being it being profitable (to the tune of dozens of billions $ / year)?
- ramphastidae 6y ago
  Very simple: Google doesn’t sell Android. They sell mobile devices that run their version of Android. The profitability of their mobile business overall is unclear (we’ve only seen numbers for specific phones). Can you cite your billions in profit claim?
  - asiachick 6y ago
    You're separating the fact that Android is OSS from the fact that google running Android allows them to run the Play Store which made billions last year. It also lets them have Google Search be the default on all those devices. Google themselves account Android this way, attributing some amount of the profit from those things to the fact that they run Android