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Doesn't feel much different than Google paying for being the default in browsers
by fallingknife 1y ago
Doesn't feel much different than Google paying for being the default in browsers
- toomuchtodo 1y agoNo different. It is an attempt to prime the pump to stoke valuations. The product is the stock price go up, the illusion of value creation is the work. "Please Use." If people aren't paying for it, and you have to pay them to use it, what is the value? Russ Hanneman Silicon Valley pre revenue rant meme here
- swyx 1y agoi get what youre saying but there are impt differences: 1) search is much cheaper to serve than chat 2) chat is a less frequent usecase 3) google paid for entry into a locked ecosystem (apple. also to appear like they are not a monopoly). telegram is far from locked.
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- fhd2 1y ago4) Search already has working monetisation through ads. They can acquire users at profit, as opposed to at a loss.
- guywithahat 1y agoYeah but chat results in paid subscriptions and it disincentives telegram from creating their own AI chat. Google also pays for most browsers and other ecosystems which aren't really considered "locked"