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Re:Wheels up for Waymo as we expand our 24/7 rider-only terr... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:12AM (#34049053)
That’s true, but China is 1.4 billion people with not much iPhone penetration either (relatively speaking). That’s 17.5% of the world, so getting to 80% with that handicap (google being blocked in china) seems like a huge problem.
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Re:Wheels up for Waymo as we expand our 24/7 rider-only terr... by powerapple on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:03AM (#34049334)
It is not such a big problem as you would imagine. The money comes from businesses, not consumers. As far as I know, the US and EU markets have the highest value consumers, so even Google is outside China, it is making a lot money from Chinese advertisers. The biggest problem for Google is competition from other advertising platforms, I don't remember last time I searched for a product on Google to be honest.

I believe the core ad platform for Google is going to be YouTube, it is the only one I am not leaving now.

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