Re:What is Google doing with its open source teams?
by scarface74 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:00PM
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And the desktop hardly matters anymore and they still end up paying Apple almost $20B a year to be the default search engine on iOS.
Re:What is Google doing with its open source teams?
by LarsDu88 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @04:12PM
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People really don't seem to understand. Google doesn't make most of its money by making "stuff" it's value is in it's ad monopoly. Who is most responsible for maintaining this monopoly? It's Pichai. Larry and Sergei brought in the passion and innovation which has led to Google's AI lead and numerous money sink X projects. The trio need to get back together to make AI monopoly happen.
Easy to forget but Pichai-led Chrome team ensured Search stayed dominant in face of an increasingly hostile Microsoft. Later, Pichai was handed the keys to all of Google Apps and Android with Rubin pushed out to Robotics. According to reports, Pichai was a key peacemaker in deals with Samsung and Xiaomi, who otherwise threatened to break away from the Open Handset Alliance. Pichai went to war and further tightened Google's grip on Android, dealt with Microsoft (CyanogenMod and patents), Amazon (FireOS), and Apple / Oracle (patents).
This is discounting Pichai's track record with hardware: Chromebooks and Chromecast. Probably hardware firsts for Google back in the day?
As an outsider, it seems like Pichai sustained most if not all of Google's consumer products, bar YouTube and Nest.