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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Safari - Google search deal expires soon.  New default for Safari ...
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 05:41:04 +1100
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>>>>> Android is one of Google's ways to increase its advertising
>>>>>> revenues. Therefore, it is in competition with iOS.

>>>>> nope.

>>>>> apple doesn't make money on advertising, other than a small amount 
>>>>> from iads.

>>>>> two totally different business models.

>>>> Business models don't count.

>>> of course it counts.

>> Wrong, as always. Ebay's business model is quite different
>> to Amazon's and to other smaller online retailers in spades.
>> Doesn't mean they don't compete.

> ebay and amazon do not compete at all!

Even sillier than you usually manage.

> one's an auction site

Its been much more than that for a hell of a long time now.

> and the other is an online vendor.

And they compete anyway.

>>> google's revenue is almost entirely advertising, while apple's
>>> revenue is almost entirely hardware and software sales.

>> Irrelevant to whether they compete in a number of areas, mobile
>> OSs, phones, tablets, cameras, eStores, browsers etc etc etc.

> it's exactly relevant.

Even sillier than you usually manage.