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Here it is. Google's achilles heel. They rely heavily on some of their competitors for revenue. Advertising will get in the way of technical innovation and head
by far33d 19y ago
Here it is. Google's achilles heel. They rely heavily on some of their competitors for revenue. Advertising will get in the way of technical innovation and head on competition.
Get out there young entrepreneurs! Google might still be the big leader in search, but their domination of all the commerce and information on the internet is certainly not guaranteed. They have enormous conflicts of interest.
- danielha 19y agoIt's their Achilles heel until it isn't, ya know? Microsoft was the software company with invaluable relationships creating products for, say, Apple, until that relationship wasn't as crucial to their being anymore. But I definitely agree on your sentiments about the conflicts of interest. There's a lot of things to consider.
- far33d 19y agoBut right now, ebay is enough of a customer that google (even with all its growth and revenue) can't risk competing with them. That's something of a market inefficiency. But, I agree, it's one that may close quickly.