Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon. New default for Safari ... Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 18:11:30 +1100 Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <010220151401050621%invid@loclanet.com> <201502011528166493-xxx@yyyzzz> <020220152024274000%michelle@michelle.org> <030220150932518483%nospam@nospam.invalid> <030220150958367701%michelle@michelle.org> <040220150048073383%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Bw/t3wuL4fonj/qTJFhNRgzW4M9NNCnc+S9fr5gfOx7dMstTc= Cancel-Lock: sha1:fht1H7ThmB8Gyx7ya9BHgUFd4k8= In-Reply-To: <040220150048073383%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:27666 nospam wrote > Rod Speed wrote >>>>>> 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. >>> Android is one of Google's ways to increase its advertising revenues. >> Android isnt just about increasing advertising revenues, > yes it absolutely is. BULLSHIT. > otherwise they wouldn't be giving it away. How odd that Apple gives theirs away. And Pages and Numbers as well. >> its just another area that google has choose to get involved in. > advertising is what google is all about. Google has always been about MUCH more than just advertising. > google dabbles in a few other areas such as autonomous > vehicles but that's research, not a product. And android is a product, stupid. So is Chrome, stupid. And the Nexus line too. >> So is Glass. > glass is no longer for sale Irrelevant to whether was about advertising. > and was nothing more than a technology demo anyway. Wrong, as always.