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Is android viable outside of its role ass asset to search/ads. Google's money comes from adwords. Adwords has two key assets. One is Google search. The other i

Is android viable outside of its role ass asset to search/ads. Google's money comes from adwords. Adwords has two key assets. One is Google search. The other is Google's systemic ability to gather ad-useful data using android, maps, etc. Everything else is stuff that exists to support the search/ads/data money maker or it is ways of spending the enormous profits generated by this monopoly. EG Waymo. The first group can't be separated and retain value, unless the post break up shards contract to operate like they did before. That is basically a trust. The second group just aren't viable businesses, or aren't big. I'm not saying it's impossible, just saying it gets real squishy and there aren't many guiding principles.

danaris 3y ago
That's the whole point. Google is able to prop up otherwise-nonviable businesses with the revenue from their cash cows. This means they are able to undercut any possible competitors in those spaces by operating those businesses at a loss. That's the very definition of using monopoly power to push into and dominate another market. It's not a reason to say, "Welp, we can't break that up! Then those businesses would just flounder and die!" It's one of the primary reasons to say, "We must break that up." If the otherwise-unprofitable businesses that get spun off want to continue to exist, they'll need to find ways to raise prices and/or cut costs. In other words, they'll need to compete on a level playing field.