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As the author explains, and I agree, Motorola gave Google a large amount of patents and a way to enter the phone market. The latter lets Google have more influe
by hrkristian 13y ago
As the author explains, and I agree, Motorola gave Google a large amount of patents and a way to enter the phone market. The latter lets Google have more influence in how that market expands, in order to tie it even more with their existing services.
Nest doesn't offer either of these, I see the potential to tie in with Google devices and services, but not the other way around; drastically different to acquiring a phone company. We'll definitely see Google Now cards saying "Heaters turned on at Home, expecting your arrival", I very much doubt we'll be seeing articles about thermostats posting feed updates to G+.
...or will we?
- snowwrestler 13y agoSure, everyone thought the point of Android was to protect Google's ad business on mobile, and therefore they needed Motorola's patents for defense. But what Ben is proposing here is that Google is actually adding a separate, additional business model that generates profits directly from product margins. If that is his thesis, then it's practicially intellectually negligent to rest on the conventional wisdom about the Motorola purchase. Only one of these can be true: 1) Google is adding a products business model - If this is true, then everything we thought about the Motorola deal needs to be re-examined. It wasn't just about patents. 2) Google is not adding a products business model - If this is true, then the conventional wisdom is right about Motorola, but Ben is wrong in this article.