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They can surely do that but Google search does provide value. Even my mother noticed poor results when her search changed to some random bing-powered one. Also

They can surely do that but Google search does provide value. Even my mother noticed poor results when her search changed to some random bing-powered one. Also, Google has Android ie. largest OS in terms of user-base.

P_I_Staker 4y ago
Yeah, I still have DDG as primary on a few devices, and I really need to change it. It doesn't do a fraction of the stuff I need... pretty much worthless to me, though I know I'm not being very fair. I think bing is better, but google still actually dominates search with a great product, compared to their competitors.
akmarinov 4y ago
Android is shit for monetization, you need 3x as many users to match iOS revenue from ads or subscriptions
- izacus 4y ago
  No, Android is perfect for Googles monetization. This is why Apple wasn't able to fsck them like they did Meta. Building their own platforms was a brilliant idea that made Google resilient against competition owning their Ad delivery platforms. This has nothing to so with the side hobby that's Play Store.
  - DeathArrow 4y ago
    >Building their own platforms was a brilliant idea that made Google resilient against competition owning their Ad delivery platforms. What platform did they build though? Android was bought from a third party. YouTube was bought. Chromium was forked from Webkit. Every of Google's in-house projects besides search engine and ad network was a failure.
    - 6510 4y ago
      Gmail worked. As they use it themselves I imagine they must be unable to ignore feedback, sunset it or turn it into the usual steaming pile of horse poop.
    - izacus 4y ago
      Google (!) what Android and YouTube were when they were bought, compare them to Android 13 and YouTube of 2022 and you'll have your answer. Intellectual laziness of your "takedown" reminds me of that dude that pronounced Dropbox pointless because rsync is enough.
- asadlionpk 4y ago
  That’s for app store revenue. For ads, it is the best!
  - akmarinov 4y ago
    Nope, ads too. Our app makes 3x less from ads on Android, even though Android has 3x the userbase.

P_I_Staker 4y ago

Yeah, I still have DDG as primary on a few devices, and I really need to change it. It doesn't do a fraction of the stuff I need... pretty much worthless to me, though I know I'm not being very fair. I think bing is better, but google still actually dominates search with a great product, compared to their competitors.

akmarinov 4y ago

Android is shit for monetization, you need 3x as many users to match iOS revenue from ads or subscriptions

izacus 4y ago
No, Android is perfect for Googles monetization. This is why Apple wasn't able to fsck them like they did Meta. Building their own platforms was a brilliant idea that made Google resilient against competition owning their Ad delivery platforms. This has nothing to so with the side hobby that's Play Store.
- DeathArrow 4y ago
  >Building their own platforms was a brilliant idea that made Google resilient against competition owning their Ad delivery platforms. What platform did they build though? Android was bought from a third party. YouTube was bought. Chromium was forked from Webkit. Every of Google's in-house projects besides search engine and ad network was a failure.
  - 6510 4y ago
    Gmail worked. As they use it themselves I imagine they must be unable to ignore feedback, sunset it or turn it into the usual steaming pile of horse poop.
  - izacus 4y ago
    Google (!) what Android and YouTube were when they were bought, compare them to Android 13 and YouTube of 2022 and you'll have your answer. Intellectual laziness of your "takedown" reminds me of that dude that pronounced Dropbox pointless because rsync is enough.
asadlionpk 4y ago
That’s for app store revenue. For ads, it is the best!
- akmarinov 4y ago
  Nope, ads too. Our app makes 3x less from ads on Android, even though Android has 3x the userbase.