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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 17:05:00 GMT
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On 2015-02-03, Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <cjc6fbFags1U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I never said that Google is Apple's main competitor

Apparently you haven't been following this conversation and stepped in
without realizing the context. I wasn't referring to anything you said.

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