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Comment by nine_k

1 year ago

> Chrome is just a slightly upgraded Firefox

Wat. It's like saying that an apple is a slightly upgraded orange. I would understand if you mentioned KHTML and Safari as relatives, but "slightly upgraded" does not fit anyway.

> PageRank was what gave Google monopoly

I don't think so. PageRank has been successfully implemented elsewhere, and outmatched. What helped Google build a monopoly was the first mover advantage, the network effects, and the incessant streams of money from AdWords (invented by Google), DoubleClick (acquired) and a bunch of other advertisement tools.

> Maps - I can give you that.

Don't :) Google Maps is an acquisition from 20 years ago. (As is Android, AdSense, and many other core flagship products of the Google brand.)

If you want a relatively recent, successful Google service for general public, it's Google Photos.

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kernal  1 year ago

>Google Maps is an acquisition from 20 years ago. (As is Android)

This is comical. When Google acquired Android, it was nothing more than a 3000 line JavaScript demo. The Android OS was created entirely at Google.

  • shiroiushi  1 year ago

    It's the same for Google Maps. It was just a C++ demo when acquired, nothing at all like what we see today.

whitehexagon  1 year ago

>If you want a relatively recent, successful Google service for general public, it's Google Photos.

I seem to recall that followed the acquisition of Picasa.