raw_anon_1111 15 hours ago

And Google had profits - not just revenue - early on and wasn’t setting $10 on fire to have a $1 in revenue.

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  • dmoy 14 hours ago

    Well maybe not in 1999. Adwords didn't launch until 2000? Google's 1999 revenue was...... I forget, but it was incredibly small. Costs were also incredibly small too though, so this isn't a good analogy given the stated year of 1999.

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TulliusCicero 4 hours ago

Google was immediately better than Yahoo, that's why people switched en masse.

Same thing happen with Internet Explorer and Chrome, or going from Yahoo mail/Hotmail to Gmail.

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wat10000 15 hours ago

Google in 1999 was already far superior to Yahoo and other competitors. I don't think OpenAI is in a similar position there. It seems debatable as to whether they're even the best, let alone a massive leap ahead of everyone else the way Google was.

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  • ur-whale 15 hours ago

    Agree.

    And GOOG is not a one trick poney any more, by far, especially when it comes to revenue.

    Can't say the same of OpenAI

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