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> I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company. What planet is this guy on? Google's product has always
by coob 13y ago
> I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company.
What planet is this guy on? Google's product has always been eyeballs. This is just the most direct manifestation of it.
- Sven7 13y agoApple has reminded everyone in tech, that there are better routes to mountains of profit than "free" products. When the Scoble's of the world are willing to drop 2000+ dollars (including cost of phone) for the ability to take a picture faster, or more likely, just to look cool to friends, then why not. Who wants to be hostage to advertisers anyway? That unpleasant road, just involves turning all your users into controllable lab rats. If Google is trying to make a shift, I say high time and all the best.
- arrrg 13y agoSo you think Google’s ultimate goal here is shoving ads in front of people’s eyes? I somehow doubt that. Why wouldn’t they just want another leg to stand on, besides ads? Doesn’t that make sense? You can make tons of money selling hardware. Apple demonstrated that.
- coob 13y agoNo, I think Google's ultimate goal is making money. They only know how to make money by selling ads. They have made squat by selling hardware.