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Nobody would say they aren't in the PC, tablet or audio business, yet they make more off ads than they do off Macs, iPads, headphones, speakers... everything bu
by benoau 10mo ago
Nobody would say they aren't in the PC, tablet or audio business, yet they make more off ads than they do off Macs, iPads, headphones, speakers... everything but iPhone.
- ChrisMarshallNY 10mo agoI'm skeptical of that. I think I'd need to see some hard data on it. I spent most of my career in the hardware business. It's really odd to see so many folks unable to understand business models that make money, besides "sell data." It really seems as if folks can't grok that companies that make money, can do so without necessarily selling data.
- benoau 10mo agoThe $20ish billion was revealed through Google's antitrust. That by itself accounts for a fifth of their total annual profit, ignoring all the App Store ads, News ads etc. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/google-pays-apple-36percent-of-safari-search-revenue-sundar-pichai.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/google-pays-apple-36percent-...