[king07828]

Google figured out a magic formula:

1. develop a service (e.g., search)

2. provide the service for free to users

3. sell ads (unobtrusively placed within the service) to marketers

4. profit!

Most companies cannot seem to figure out (or afford to get to) step 3. Google's new services generally muck up the formula. E.g., with Stadia, they've broken the magic formula at both step 2 and step 3:

1. develop Stadia

2. provide Stadia to users for a monthly fee and/or per game fee (not free means no network effect)

3. ????

4. Profit!