Re:Bing is now Microsoft Bing as the search engine gets a re...
by smt88 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:17PM
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You're getting at exactly my point: Microsoft mostly charges its users. We are users and customers. Google has many services where the customers are advertisers, and we are the product.
Their actual paid services (G Suite aka Workspace, Google One, etc.) are not their bread and butter, so tracking us is an existential issue for them.
> Google is more consumer focused.
No, they're not! See above. I would call them one of the least consumer-focused companies out there. They don't follow through with products, and most of their products aren't even for consumers! They're for advertisers.
Their actual paid services (G Suite aka Workspace, Google One, etc.) are not their bread and butter, so tracking us is an existential issue for them.
> Google is more consumer focused.
No, they're not! See above. I would call them one of the least consumer-focused companies out there. They don't follow through with products, and most of their products aren't even for consumers! They're for advertisers.