← Back to context Comment by bigyabai 13 hours ago All of FAANG is, if we're being cynically reductive. 7 comments bigyabai Reply dbmnt 10 hours ago Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money. wooger 3 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value. dns_snek 5 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware. bigyabai 10 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 8 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply → fsflover 5 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511
dbmnt 10 hours ago Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money. wooger 3 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value. dns_snek 5 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware. bigyabai 10 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 8 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply → fsflover 5 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511
wooger 3 hours ago It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value.
dns_snek 5 hours ago As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware.
bigyabai 10 hours ago I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive. devsda 8 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
devsda 8 hours ago Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others. 1 reply →
fsflover 5 hours ago You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511
Apple has a very different business model than Google (Alphabet). It's not even close to the same in terms of how they make most of their money.
It did do, but now it's putting ads in everything it will rapidly converge to the same practices to optimise shareholder value.
As if hardware companies don't quite famously include spyware in their products. Everything from phones, cars, fridges, TVs, monitors, speakers, light bulbs, laptops and everything else that supports inclusion of spyware.
I don't disagree. They're still a spy company, if we're being cynically reductive.
Is there a way to ELI5 Google's primary business model without it coming across as spying on people?
Very few have the same problem among FAANG and others.
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You're not wrong today, but they are expanding their ads department to the detriment of users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22501511