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As a percentage of population, so did Julius Caesar.
The reality is that Google is entirely dependent on ads and selling your data.
Apple and Microsoft, it's just a happy side gig they can do.
Apple makes its money selling mediocre hardware and software for a premium markup.
Microsoft makes money selling Windows, Office(+Teams) and Azure to business users then from video games, then ad revenue.
Missed the point
Oh I got your point, but I also reject it. Google is objectively making the internet worse.
There isn't any reasonable comparison to Apple or MS outside of they're all too big and too unregulated.
Well, that's wrong. They all collect data and telemetry on you.