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What if Alphabet calls the bluff and stops serving all of their services in the market. The population would know why which wouldn't be a good look for leaders.

What if Alphabet calls the bluff and stops serving all of their services in the market. The population would know why which wouldn't be a good look for leaders. Google is too invested in $earch to call a bluff though.

MichaelZuo 4y ago
Google has competitors in the search space so it's understandable why they're afraid of calling bluffs. And from what I understand Youtube isn't profitable by itself.
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- Retric 4y ago
  Why do you think it’s unprofitable? Last estimate I looked at showed YouTube as being wildly profitable.
  - MichaelZuo 4y ago
    Can you link to the estimate?
    - Retric 4y ago
      YouTube revenue got a huge bump in 2021 which is when that wildly profitable estimate was given. I don’t have specific estimates I can link to, but I’ve seen statements like this fairly regularly: There are more questions around YouTube’s profitability, but he said the general view was that it was “modestly profitable but not dramatically so.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financial-disclosure-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financ... Of course when Google actually disclosed what percentage of their revenue came from YouTube it was well below the 20% suggested in that piece.
      - MichaelZuo 4y ago
        > YouTube revenue got a huge bump in 2021 which is when that wildly profitable estimate was given. I don’t have specific estimates I can link to... What is 'that wildly profitable estimate' then?
peoplearepeople 4y ago
Alphabet would be shooting themselves in the foot doing that, they'd be giving a local competitor a solid footing, which they could then expand from to the US
bilbo0s 4y ago
They did that with China. And Chinese entrepreneurs just kind of said, "SWEET!", then swept in with their own startups offering those services. I'd imagine there are a lot of Indians, even here in the US, that would make a headlong rush back to India to start up web service companies if our companies said we won't service India any longer.

MichaelZuo 4y ago

Google has competitors in the search space so it's understandable why they're afraid of calling bluffs. And from what I understand Youtube isn't profitable by itself.

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Retric 4y ago
Why do you think it’s unprofitable? Last estimate I looked at showed YouTube as being wildly profitable.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago
  Can you link to the estimate?
  - Retric 4y ago
    YouTube revenue got a huge bump in 2021 which is when that wildly profitable estimate was given. I don’t have specific estimates I can link to, but I’ve seen statements like this fairly regularly: There are more questions around YouTube’s profitability, but he said the general view was that it was “modestly profitable but not dramatically so.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financial-disclosure-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financ... Of course when Google actually disclosed what percentage of their revenue came from YouTube it was well below the 20% suggested in that piece.
    - MichaelZuo 4y ago
      > YouTube revenue got a huge bump in 2021 which is when that wildly profitable estimate was given. I don’t have specific estimates I can link to... What is 'that wildly profitable estimate' then?

peoplearepeople 4y ago

Alphabet would be shooting themselves in the foot doing that, they'd be giving a local competitor a solid footing, which they could then expand from to the US

bilbo0s 4y ago

They did that with China. And Chinese entrepreneurs just kind of said, "SWEET!", then swept in with their own startups offering those services. I'd imagine there are a lot of Indians, even here in the US, that would make a headlong rush back to India to start up web service companies if our companies said we won't service India any longer.