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It’s not clear what Google is really about any more. Wins: YouTube Maps Chromium Search Apart from that stuff, everything else seems to be cancelled or pe

It’s not clear what Google is really about any more. Wins: YouTube Maps Chromium Search Apart from that stuff, everything else seems to be cancelled or pending cancellation. Google makes so much money from search there seems no point in doing anything else.

jmisavage 3y ago
You forgot Android.
- throwawayq3423 3y ago
  Is Android a win for Google? Does it make any money, lock in anyone to their proprietary hardware? No.
  - dagmx 3y ago
    Android makes money because Google Play is effectively mandatory, even if it isn’t absolutely so. That’s a huge staying power in multiple areas that let’s them keep a lead
    - throwawayq3423 3y ago
      Google Play store isn't mandatory in most places where Android is the most popular OS.
- lstamour 3y ago
  You forgot Ads. (Fixed that for you…)
29athrowaway 3y ago
It's about ads
frfl 3y ago
Chromium isn't a win per se, Chrome is. Chrome users matter, Chromium users don't really do anything meaningful for them.
- nsajko 3y ago
  A nitpick if I ever saw one.
  - frfl 3y ago
    I didn't mean to nitpick. I couldn't tell from the comment if OP was referring to the technical achievements of the Chromium project or was referring to the end-user application (Chrome). The technical achievements don't really matter as much as the value of having whatever 70/80% market share Chrome has. I'm not saying it's not impressive technically, just that they could've skinned Firefox and called it Chrome and put it on their google.com homepage and gotten a (multi)billion users as well in theory. As long as they could use it for the purposes of driving revenue, that would be a win as well, again in theory. Same argument could be made for Android Open Source Project (AOSP) vs Android.
  - posguy 3y ago
    Google would not be revoking API keys for Chromium to nerf its functionality if this were not a real issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mo60q5/psa_you_can_enable_the_revoked_google_features_on/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mo60q5/psa_you_can_e...
- dagmx 3y ago
  I disagree. Chromium reinforces their position on the web. They get to push whatever tech they want as a de facto standard because now the web is Chromium or WebKit (and maybe Gecko) But by having Edge and all the other chromium variants, including electron, they get to define what web technology is.
whynotmaybe 3y ago
30% on every transaction on the play store.
spartanatreyu 3y ago
Maps is losing it's appeal as it reduces its readability and fills up with ads. See: - https://www.fastcompany.com/90930810/google-maps-eyesore-5-examples-apple-maps https://www.fastcompany.com/90930810/google-maps-eyesore-5-e... - https://twitter.com/elizlaraki/status/1727351922254852182 https://twitter.com/elizlaraki/status/1727351922254852182

jmisavage 3y ago

You forgot Android.

throwawayq3423 3y ago
Is Android a win for Google? Does it make any money, lock in anyone to their proprietary hardware? No.
- dagmx 3y ago
  Android makes money because Google Play is effectively mandatory, even if it isn’t absolutely so. That’s a huge staying power in multiple areas that let’s them keep a lead
  - throwawayq3423 3y ago
    Google Play store isn't mandatory in most places where Android is the most popular OS.
lstamour 3y ago
You forgot Ads. (Fixed that for you…)

29athrowaway 3y ago

It's about ads

frfl 3y ago

Chromium isn't a win per se, Chrome is. Chrome users matter, Chromium users don't really do anything meaningful for them.

nsajko 3y ago
A nitpick if I ever saw one.
- frfl 3y ago
  I didn't mean to nitpick. I couldn't tell from the comment if OP was referring to the technical achievements of the Chromium project or was referring to the end-user application (Chrome). The technical achievements don't really matter as much as the value of having whatever 70/80% market share Chrome has. I'm not saying it's not impressive technically, just that they could've skinned Firefox and called it Chrome and put it on their google.com homepage and gotten a (multi)billion users as well in theory. As long as they could use it for the purposes of driving revenue, that would be a win as well, again in theory. Same argument could be made for Android Open Source Project (AOSP) vs Android.
- posguy 3y ago
  Google would not be revoking API keys for Chromium to nerf its functionality if this were not a real issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mo60q5/psa_you_can_enable_the_revoked_google_features_on/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/mo60q5/psa_you_can_e...
dagmx 3y ago
I disagree. Chromium reinforces their position on the web. They get to push whatever tech they want as a de facto standard because now the web is Chromium or WebKit (and maybe Gecko) But by having Edge and all the other chromium variants, including electron, they get to define what web technology is.

whynotmaybe 3y ago

30% on every transaction on the play store.

spartanatreyu 3y ago

Maps is losing it's appeal as it reduces its readability and fills up with ads. See: - https://www.fastcompany.com/90930810/google-maps-eyesore-5-examples-apple-maps https://www.fastcompany.com/90930810/google-maps-eyesore-5-e... - https://twitter.com/elizlaraki/status/1727351922254852182 https://twitter.com/elizlaraki/status/1727351922254852182