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I wouldn’t say irrelevant as this is free service as well and same people are making decisions in upper management. There is always a catch and they don’t make
by nicce 5y ago
I wouldn’t say irrelevant as this is free service as well and same people are making decisions in upper management. There is always a catch and they don’t make anything if it is not bringing more revenue.
- antonvs 5y agoThis is a free feature on GCP. Many features on GCP are free because they're bundled into the pricing. > same people are making decisions in upper management. That's not true. Google Cloud has its own CEO and a very different business model. > they don’t make anything if it is not bringing more revenue. Sure - they're a for-profit business. Google Cloud's revenue was $13bn in 2020, and as of last quarter it had a run rate of $22 bn. That money comes direct from paying customers. The business model of the consumer/ad side really is irrelevant here.
- nicce 5y ago> That's not true. Google Cloud has its own CEO and a very different business model. Business model is different indeed, but the parent company is still Alphabet, which in the end has huge influence.
- orf 5y agoThis line of reasoning is stupid. Are you saying that because Google killer unused consumer product X, they are going to shoot their cloud business in the head? Why? Do you not understand the difference between b2b and b2c?
- foepys 5y agoIs GCP profitable? Somebody else in the comments pointed out that GCP is actually losing money and needs to be subsidized by Google's ad revenue, thus making Alphabet immensely influential.