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> Gcp is profitable, azure is not

Asserting that GCP is profitable while Azure is not doesn't necessarily determine their respective successes. A company might reinvest all its revenue back into growth and innovation, hence posting zero profit - this doesn't signify poor performance. Conversely, a company reporting a profit could potentially be stagnating, inflating profits to appease shareholders potentially seeking to exit. Profitability alone isn't a comprehensive measure of a company's health or potential.

> Google invented LLMs

Poor argument. E.g. Xerox invented GUI, where are they now?




Reinvesting profits doesn't mean you didn't have profits. Msft, aapl, goog, meta all reinvest profits in new ventures. Only Amazon can't manage to make a buck and tries to pass it off as reinvestment.

Wrt azure vs gcp, I just don't think you can say azure is "killing it" when it's a loss leader for the company. Gcp has proven it can operate profitably, we don't know if azure ever will. Right now its business model approximates Uber.




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