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Google isn’t doing all that well under Pichai, they haven’t launched a successful product under him since Chromebooks (I guess GCP, but when you are that size
by easton 6y ago
Google isn’t doing all that well under Pichai, they haven’t launched a successful product under him since Chromebooks (I guess GCP, but when you are that size and <10% of market share, I don’t know if it’s successful), and they are just coasting on ads, YouTube and GSuite. Whereas Apple (say what you will about Cook) has launched AirPods, the Apple Watch and Apple Silicon-based Macs, which are all raking in cash. It’s possible that Google is only ever going to be an ads company, but based on their corporate rhetoric I don’t think that was the goal.
Apple Silicon Macs aren’t really raking in cash yet, but Mac sales are up $1B in the last quarter, so by time transition is complete they will be.
- fossuser 6y agoYeah, I think Cook and Apple are doing well. Google is doing poorly, but they have a monopoly on web advertising. If they lose that they'd be in trouble. They also weren't doing better when lead by Page (Google+ era). Microsoft was on the path to irrelevance during the Ballmer years and Nadella has pulled off a miracle to save them. I hope Amazon is more of a Tim Cook story than a Steve Ballmer one.
- kart23 6y agoI'd argue Pixel has been pretty successful for them. Nest and Fitbit were decent acquisitions, Google as a whole is doing ok.