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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon.  New default for Safari ...
Date: 3 Feb 2015 15:06:19 GMT
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On 2015-02-03, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <020220152024274000%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner
><michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> > But Google is *not* Apple's main competitor. In fact, there are very few
>> > areas in which Apple and Google compete. Let's see.. free email services
>> > (free from both) and free contact/calendar/etc syncing (free from both).
>> > 
>> > Where do they compete?
>> 
>> In the mobile OS arena.
>
> actually they don't.
>
> google gives away android (and licenses it to some manufacturers).
> apple doesn't give away ios
>
> google makes the majority of its revenue from advertising.
> apple makes the majority of its revenue from iphone sales.
>
> google does sell nexus phones, but they're not big sellers and heavily
> subsidized and sold at or below cost. google makes money from
> advertising revenue from those who buy the nexus phones.
>
> apple's competitor in the mobile space is samsung.

Yep. The idea that Google is Apple's "main competitor" is laughable.

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