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> No product moved, no labor performed, no service provided. That's a bit of a myopic view. Apple has invested billions in building a platform and user base, a
by coryfklein 4y ago
> No product moved, no labor performed, no service provided.
That's a bit of a myopic view. Apple has invested billions in building a platform and user base, and that is what Google is buying.
- uni_rule 4y agoIf apple made a homegrown search engine it would be a genuine threat to Google because their diehard userbase would switch to it immediately. Besides that they also pay Firefox for the same. They are clearly just splashing cash to avoid having any sort of competition threaten them.
- fleddr 4y agoYes, that's what I said: buying users.