Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by jen20 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @09:49AM
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> You don't need to be number 1 to make a profit.
GCP is not profitable, though. Or at least, was reported as not being during this calendar year.
Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by that_guy_iain on Saturday April 22, 2023 @09:59AM
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That's because they're doing the standard thing of spending tons on growth. Like nearly every company does.
Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by jen20 on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:39PM
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Do you have any evidence that is the case or is it a gut feeling?
Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by that_guy_iain on Saturday April 22, 2023 @02:55PM
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Pretty sure they‘ve openly stated it.
Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by pclmulqdq on Saturday April 22, 2023 @12:09PM
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I think you may underestimate how much ads is dependent on search. Google ads is an attractive place to buy ads (as opposed to the n + 1 other web ad exchanges) because of the ability to place ads on Google search through that platform. If search and YouTube weren't dominant in their market, there would be no reason to choose to use Google ads as opposed to a cheaper ad exchange.
Re:Google CEO Sundar Pichai Received $226M Compensation Whil...
by that_guy_iain on Saturday April 22, 2023 @02:54PM
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I think you underestimate how much of the ad ecosystem they own and control and probably overestimate how much search plays I to that.
There are no real other exchanges.
He has? How did he do that? Literally, curious, first I've heard of it.
> Led Google to third place in cloud computing.
You don't need to be number 1 to make a profit.
> AND been thrashed by Microsoft / ChatGPT, putting Googles core business at risk.
I suspect you think google search is their core business. When it's ads.
Also, just because Microsoft is ahead just now doesn't mean they will be in the future. OpenAI I believe is only so far ahead because they take what others gave and didn't give back. This resulted in others to stop sharing. Since OpenAI is going to stop getting that boost from others, it could be that others start catching up with advancements they discover but don't share.