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

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.

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.