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Re:Google .dev domain early access by rmoriz on Saturday February 16, 2019 @01:24PM (#19180048)
It's risk management through diversification attempts. Google, like any other large scale extremely successful single product[1] company, hedges market risks in occupying "hot" spaces. Same with MS, Apple and all other giants, even in non-tech.

[1] see financial report of the last year (10K). Search for "We operate our business in multiple operating segments. Google is our only reportable segment. None of our other segments meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as reportable segments" and "How we make money" (Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204419... )

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Re:Google .dev domain early access by jjeaff on Saturday February 16, 2019 @03:51PM (#19180865)
It's kind of amazing that after all this time, they haven't created anything worth reporting outside of the add business.
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Re:Google .dev domain early access by SquareWheel on Saturday February 16, 2019 @09:13PM (#19182231)
Youtube, maps, phones?
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Re:Google .dev domain early access by jjeaff on Monday February 25, 2019 @05:22PM (#19250033)
Youtube - money loser Maps - money loser (but we will see after their recent huge price increases shake out) Phones - money loser. they are selling fewer phones annually than apple sells in a week.
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Re:Google .dev domain early access by SquareWheel on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @08:53PM (#19260199)
Is Youtube really a money loser? I thought they'd turned it profitable years ago.

Maps - in flux like you said.

Phones are more than hardware sales. They also run an app store and license their own ecosystem.

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Re:Google .dev domain early access by JetSpiegel on Sunday February 17, 2019 @05:50AM (#19183798)
Acquired, acquired, acquired.
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Re:Google .dev domain early access by SquareWheel on Sunday February 17, 2019 @08:01AM (#19184257)
Originally, perhaps. But in the last ten years how many times have these platforms been rewritten?

Hosted services like Drive, Photos, and GSuite are also entirely in-house.

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Re:Google .dev domain early access by pfortuny on Saturday February 16, 2019 @04:01PM (#19180910)
In any other area that would be a red flag of “money laundering”.

I am not accusing them of it. Just stating facts.

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