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"iOS has completely overwhelmed Apple’s prior businesses, while Android contributes next to nothing to Google’s revenue. You decide who’s winning." Google's st
by fragsworth 15y ago
"iOS has completely overwhelmed Apple’s prior businesses, while Android contributes next to nothing to Google’s revenue. You decide who’s winning."
Google's strategy is so fundamentally different from Apple's that this kind of comparison is ridiculous. Neither company has to outright "win" game in order for its endeavors to be successful.
- amorphid 15y agoAgreed. Google makes money mostly from advertising. Apple makes money mostly from selling gadgets. Both use mobile as a way of expanding their primary markets. They aren't playing the game, although there are of course superficial similarities.
- GiraffeNecktie 15y agoAlso one of the drivers for Google is to prevent mobile from becoming a walled garden that is dominated and controlled by one company (Apple), which could easily decide at some point to replace Google (and there's already some talk that Siri will be the first step in that direction). Whether or not it's a major contributor to Google's profitability at this point in time, is really not so important as creating an independent mobile ecosystem where Google products can thrive.