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by jfoster 4785 days ago
It's not whether it has a revenue stream or not. It's the opportunity cost of the maintenance overhead on other Google products. Google is trying to become an organization that is very focused on a few big things. So the question is really "what percentage of Google's profit is derived from Google Voice?"

It's still a US-only service after many years. If it were lucrative, they probably would have moved it into other markets by now.