small44@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWhy google don't sells products instead of killing them?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down112
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhy google don't sells products instead of killing them?small44@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy take/assumption is that Google’s projects are “free” so they can mine your metadata and sell advertising. That’s their core business model. So, once the cost of maintaining a product outweighs the revenue made from mining your data and selling advertising, the product gets shutdown.
My take/assumption is that Google’s projects are “free” so they can mine your metadata and sell advertising.
That’s their core business model.
So, once the cost of maintaining a product outweighs the revenue made from mining your data and selling advertising, the product gets shutdown.