Comment on [Gamers Nexus] "Google is Getting Worse," ft. Wendell of Level1 Techs

• Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Similar tactic among all the large tech corpos, switch focus to IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, become the backbone of the modern computing landscape.

  It’s basically a slow switch to becoming critical international infrastructure like power grids, water ways, and gas/oil pipelines.

  This all while locking you in as much as possible and milking as much value as they can squeeze.

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• Codilingus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’d be advertising, and by a mile.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Through search. They make a ton with ads on the search page, sponsored links, etc.

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    • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure their ad revenue from their own pages is a tiny fraction of their advertising revenue… They basically own the advertising market online, almost anywhere you see ads googie is getting a cut

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This source seems to indicate that’s not the case:

        1. Google Search & Other (56.93%)

           2023 Total Google Search & Other Revenue: $175.04 billion This is revenue generated primarily from ads shown on Google’s search results pages and other search-related services.

        2. YouTube Ads (10.26%)

           2023 Total Youtube Ads Revenue: $31.51 billion This is revenue from ads shown on YouTube videos, including display ads, overlay ads, skippable video ads, and non-skippable video ads.

        3. Google Network (10.20%)

           2023 Total Google Network Revenue: $31.316 billion This is revenue from ads displayed on websites and apps that are part of Google’s ad network, beyond Google-owned properties.

        4. Google Other (11.26%)

           2023 Total Google Other Revenue: $34.68 billion This is revenue from Google’s other ventures and products, such as hardware (like Pixel phones and Nest devices), Play Store purchases, and other non-advertising sources.

        5. Google Cloud (10.75%)

           2023 Total Google Cloud Revenue: $33.08 billion This is revenue from Google’s cloud computing services, such as computing power, storage, and data analytics offered to businesses and developers.

        So, 57% from search, and only 10% from ads on non-Google pages.

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