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I don't think Google enters the smartphone market simply because there is money to be made. I have always thought that their motivation for Android was, at lea
by ryanhuff 15y ago
I don't think Google enters the smartphone market simply because there is money to be made. I have always thought that their motivation for Android was, at least partially, defensive, as they fight to keep clear any impediments to consuming their services (ads).
- omarchowdhury 15y agoIs the motivation still not money?
- ryanhuff 15y agoOf course. Just about everything a corporation does is driven by the pursuit of profit. However, the rather verbose post you replied to had a point obfuscated in the jungle of words. Core competency (a company's ethos) is an important factor. You won't see McDonalds getting into the smartphone business simply because of money.
- omarchowdhury 15y ago"laterally related market segment." Facebook's core competency is social networking. Mobile devices are one mode of social networking - it is a logical choice of theirs to create their own mobile device, strengthened by their brand it would be adopted on novelty alone; to a global user-base they can reach at little cost seeing as how they own their own advertising platform.