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They kinda already do at this point. It’s inevitable that they would do this considering that they’re business is powered by the same fuel: software developers.

by pm90 5y ago

They kinda already do at this point. It’s inevitable that they would do this considering that they’re business is powered by the same fuel: software developers. Honestly I think this is a good way to create more competition in the advertising space which is currently dominated by Google and Facebook. At some point some “smart” executives are going to decide it’s better to cooperate rather than compete… that’s when consumers get exploited. Which is why the threat of regulation is important.

lotsofpulp 5y ago
> They kinda already do at this point. Their sources of profit are from very different products and services though. Microsoft and Alphabet and Amazon have cloud computing. Alphabet and Meta earn money from ads. Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware. Microsoft sells software, with the bedrock being Excel. Amazon is selling logistics, physically via warehousing and delivery and virtually via a website others can sell on.
- spaetzleesser 5y ago
  "Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware." MS is selling Surface. Google is selling Pixel. They aren't necessarily successful but they are trying. The only outlier is Facebook which doesn't try to sell hardware or services.
  - astlouis44 5y ago
    Uhhhh… what are you talking about? Have you ever heard of Oculus VR (now called Meta Quest) or Facebook Portal? They are most certainly in hardware.
spaetzleesser 5y ago
"Honestly I think this is a good way to create more competition in the advertising space which is currently dominated by Google and Facebook." I don't think it's a good thing that another trillion dollar company is trying to get a share of the advertising business. It would be much better if we had more small and focused companies.
- pm90 5y ago
  I agree that it would be better if we had smaller companies. But smaller companies can’t compete with Google/FB in the current market. We either need to create regulations to change the market… or hope that other companies with similar deep pools of technical talent and know how compete with the Big Names.

by pm90 5y ago

lotsofpulp 5y ago

> They kinda already do at this point. Their sources of profit are from very different products and services though. Microsoft and Alphabet and Amazon have cloud computing. Alphabet and Meta earn money from ads. Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware. Microsoft sells software, with the bedrock being Excel. Amazon is selling logistics, physically via warehousing and delivery and virtually via a website others can sell on.

spaetzleesser 5y ago
"Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware." MS is selling Surface. Google is selling Pixel. They aren't necessarily successful but they are trying. The only outlier is Facebook which doesn't try to sell hardware or services.
- astlouis44 5y ago
  Uhhhh… what are you talking about? Have you ever heard of Oculus VR (now called Meta Quest) or Facebook Portal? They are most certainly in hardware.

spaetzleesser 5y ago

"Honestly I think this is a good way to create more competition in the advertising space which is currently dominated by Google and Facebook." I don't think it's a good thing that another trillion dollar company is trying to get a share of the advertising business. It would be much better if we had more small and focused companies.

pm90 5y ago
I agree that it would be better if we had smaller companies. But smaller companies can’t compete with Google/FB in the current market. We either need to create regulations to change the market… or hope that other companies with similar deep pools of technical talent and know how compete with the Big Names.