alt Hacker NewsApple sells some ads yes. But it’s a tiny fraction of their revenue.
Would Google or Meta go bankrupt if they stopped selling ads? Yes. Apple wouldn’t.
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bigyabai • yesterday at 6:49 PM
Apple would go bankrupt without US protectionist policy propping up their service revenue.
That's pretty bad. Maybe not "reliant on ad monopoly" bad, but pretty close.
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avazhi • yesterday at 7:25 PM
What does whether they’d go bankrupt or not have to do with whether they’re an ad company?
They sell third party ads: companies unaffiliated with Apple pay Apple to advertise on Apple platforms.
They’re an ad company. Just because it’s currently a small slice of their total revenue doesn’t make it untrue.
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As long as you don’t count the $25 billion that Apple gets from Google.