I think its like $58 billion in advertising vs $8 billion in other
stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Google fanboy, but I am a fan of realism
;) There's nothing sad about Apple not being the top company anymore,
just like there will be nothing sad when Google is knocked off the top.
But I'm thoroughly aware that *I* am Google's product. We are all
Google's Product, and we're being sold to the highest bidder who wants
to market to whatever niche market we represent.
At home my Youtube Ad's are all Video Games and Geeky Movies.
At work my Youtube Ad's are 90% Cambium =D
I am the product. So I agree that the whole 'Do No Evil' thing is BS
and I'm not the biggest fan of Google overall, but as long as MomCorp
doesn't start beaming Ads directly into my Dreams, I think I can live
with being a product.
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: 2/2/2016 12:33:59 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SAD day
Do any of them besides ads/search make money, though?
Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Sam Kirsch <[email protected]>
wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products
There's a little more to them then just a Search Engine ;)
I don't see how anything changes with Apple not being around either.
There's absolutely nothing in an Apple product that's super
groundbreaking... Many companies had already attempted to combine a
PDA and a Cell Phone long before the iPhone, they just did it the most
mass marketable way first. And that goes for just able every Apple
product I can think of. MP3 players existed. Music platforms
existed. They just weren't unified and mass marketed in the same
way... so, Apple really just copied a bunch of other guys too (and has
been doing that since the company's inception, the mouse, the GUI,
etc) NOTHING CHANGES ;)
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 2/2/2016 12:22:36 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] SAD day
At least Apple makes products... products that literally changed the
computing world, the phone world, the retail world, created apps, and
the music world. Google created a search engine (actually copying
Yahoo, Webcrawler, Altavista and several others at the time). They
aren't a "product". They don't "sell" anything. They are a webpage,
just like Facebook.
Imagine your life without Google or Facebook. NOTHING CHANGES.
Yes, they built a better mousetrap using their intelligence and hard
work... but they aren't "inventors". They didn't create anything new
or groundbreaking.
Travis
On 2/1/2016 10:09 PM, Colin Stanners wrote:
I'd much rather Google / Alphabet Inc. be in that position than
Apple with their overpriced yet restricted / non-upgradable / crappy
consumer electronics.
Google is making themselves the curator of access to the world's
information and communications. When you consider the value of
those, it's not just the most valuable company in matters of money.
The founders had incredible foresight in addition to their
intelligence and hard work.
On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:55 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]>
wrote:
http://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-inc-goog-surpasses-apple-inc-aapl-become-worlds-most-valuable-public-company-2289113
"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's
run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just
electrons."
~ Cosmo (Sneakers 1992)
Literally, a one page website for a company that is less than 19
years old is now the most valuable company in the world. :(
Travis
