Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big?

Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by adtac on Saturday June 10, 2017 @12:40PM (#14527966)

I disagree. Advertising has been around since the 1800s and I don't really think it'll be going away anytime soon. And besides, Google is diversifying its portfolio these days anyway (GCP, Google Home, Waymo, and tons of moonshots).

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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by ThrowawayR2 on Saturday June 10, 2017 @03:20PM (#14528749)

Actually, Google's diversification efforts haven't amounted to much. There was an interesting article recently that compares the revenue streams for the top 5 tech companies:

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-5-tech-giants-make-bil...

Interestingly, Microsoft has the most diversity in that regard.

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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by arbuge on Saturday June 10, 2017 @12:48PM (#14528008)

Actually advertising has been around alot longer in one form or another. The need has always existed to somehow inform consumers of the availability of products and services:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_advertising#Pre-mod...

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Re:Are Google, Amazon and others getting too big? by scarface74 on Saturday June 10, 2017 @01:10PM (#14528118)

Correction they are trying to diversify but they are still making 90% of their profit from ads.

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