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Collecting money is does not equal pure profit. Money has its own overhead and headaches associated with it. One being that you can't just ignore the service as
by stinkytaco 13y ago
Collecting money is does not equal pure profit. Money has its own overhead and headaches associated with it. One being that you can't just ignore the service as they had been for the past year. People who pay expect uptime, new features, etc.
That's to say nothing of the administrative overhead.
I feel that a company like Google must have considered that option in their decision making process and felt there was a good reason to dismiss it.
- mgkimsal 13y agoI made the distinction between monetizable (yes, they can charge money for it) and profitable (they can have money left over after all the administrative overhead and upkeep). Yes, I've no doubt those were taken in to consideration. I just get the feeling that Google doesn't want to bother dealing with things unless there's extremely large profits to be had, vs just profits. And that's kind of sad, in a way (assuming it's true, but it seems to be).