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> succeeded w/o juicing from other google businesses? Now you're changing the terms of the question ... getting a a boost from other businesses is different fr
by zmmmmm 12y ago
> succeeded w/o juicing from other google businesses?
Now you're changing the terms of the question ... getting a a boost from other businesses is different from "bundling". You didn't get sent an Android phone, nor in any way forced to use one, when you signed up for Gmail, or started using Youtube. Those services were very nicely supportd on the iPhone before the first Android phone ever launched. If you're going to say any positive association at all counts then they've never produced a an independent product since the original Google search, but that's not a very interesting statement - why would they launch something new and not make it work with their phones? It would be stupid and actually put them at a competitive disadvantage compared to the iPhone.
- x0x0 12y agoHow is bundling different than getting a boost? I really think they're the same. And google made the services work better on their phone (eg turn-by-turn navigation, better gmail app).
- zmmmmm 12y agoBundling of a product means that you are forced to buy it even though you don't want it, to get a different product from the same provider that you do want. So your cable provider won't sell you HBO on its own, you have to take 20 other channels you have no interest in. It is not bundling of Android because you can get Google search, GMail, etc. all without Android. There is no other product that Google sells where they force you also to take Android in order to get it. You can make the reverse argument - that Google Search, GMail, etc. are bundled with Android. But that is bundling of GMail, Search, etc, not bundling of Android.