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I don't think Google has yet realized Microsoft is going after their backend and B2B/enterprise customers (365[Azure, Teams, Office]), while Apple is going afte
by mkr-hn 5y ago
I don't think Google has yet realized Microsoft is going after their backend and B2B/enterprise customers (365[Azure, Teams, Office]), while Apple is going after all their frontend customers[2]. Google still acts like it's 2004 when Microsoft and Apple still acted like it was 1984.
[2] https://stratechery.com/2019/the-iphone-and-apples-services-strategy/ https://stratechery.com/2019/the-iphone-and-apples-services-...
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoGoogle is mainly concerned with protecting its own advertising turf and the data its platforms gobble up: search, YouTube, Gmail, Android, Maps. Apple may be gunning for market share in some of these areas, but hard to imagine Google losing its dominance here any time soon. YouTube and search are absolute behemoths, and monstrous cash cows. Seen through this lens, their enterprise offerings and free messaging services are almost an afterthought.