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by Charuru 5586 days ago
I agree with most of the article. Android and Chrome OS are great products, I just don't see how Google is going to make money from them.

Not sure about Chrome, but I feel like Android is a defensive measure against a possible monopoly. If one company controlled mobile then Google might be locked out of whatever greater potential mobile could reach. So Android doesn't necessarily have to be financially awesome to be strategically successful.
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MikeCapone 5586 days ago
The influence of Chrome and Android on web development are very probably part of what Google is aiming for. It's the anti-Facebook/Apple, in a way, which should help Google Search keep earning enough money to support all the other peripheral projects.
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rmrm 5586 days ago
I read recently that 90% of HTTPS traffic for Google properties <> Chrome is handled using SPDY. Interesting also that Google continues to put more and more of their properties on HTTPS.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/spdy-dev/TCOW7Lw2scQ

I think Chrome is useful for them for just this reason, rather than solely trying to cajole others, they can just do things. I imagine this will continue to accrue benefits to them for quite some time.

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MikeCapone 5586 days ago
That's actually very cool! I wonder what kind of difference it actually makes with an application like GMail or Google Search SSL.
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