top | item 20816034 (no title) gatsby | 6 years ago Gmail is 15 years old.Maps is ~15 years old (and was the combination of several acquisitions in the maps space: Keyhole, Where2, Zipdash, etc.)Chrome is 11 years old + extremely successful, but my point still stands. discuss order hn newest Iv|6 years ago Plus Chrome is not really a product as, to my knowledge, it generates zero income. wmf|6 years ago Firefox and Safari generate tons of money for Google via search referrals so Chrome would have billions in revenue if it was valued the same way. load replies (1) whatcd|6 years ago I believe it indirectly makes money as being a platform for Google's ecosystem, especially for their Enterprise Cloud apps suite or even Chromebooks. tonyedgecombe|6 years ago Chrome is an advert delivery mechanism, if you see it from that perspective it looks highly lucrative.
Iv|6 years ago Plus Chrome is not really a product as, to my knowledge, it generates zero income. wmf|6 years ago Firefox and Safari generate tons of money for Google via search referrals so Chrome would have billions in revenue if it was valued the same way. load replies (1) whatcd|6 years ago I believe it indirectly makes money as being a platform for Google's ecosystem, especially for their Enterprise Cloud apps suite or even Chromebooks. tonyedgecombe|6 years ago Chrome is an advert delivery mechanism, if you see it from that perspective it looks highly lucrative.
wmf|6 years ago Firefox and Safari generate tons of money for Google via search referrals so Chrome would have billions in revenue if it was valued the same way. load replies (1)
whatcd|6 years ago I believe it indirectly makes money as being a platform for Google's ecosystem, especially for their Enterprise Cloud apps suite or even Chromebooks.
tonyedgecombe|6 years ago Chrome is an advert delivery mechanism, if you see it from that perspective it looks highly lucrative.
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