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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But no, not like that. Clearly they need to find a way of materializing money from thin air.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GOOG/alphabet/gross-profit

Alphabet gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2023 was $42.688B, a 7.85% increase year-over-year.

Alphabet gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2023 was $160.503B, a 1.7% increase year-over-year.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2022 was $156.633B, a 6.77% increase from 2021.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2021 was $146.698B, a 50.01% increase from 2020.

Alphabet annual gross profit for 2020 was $97.795B, a 8.71% increase from 2019.

"Guys they don't have any money, they just gotta be privacy vampires and spam us with ads, they have no other means of funding it!"

Maybe stop being a bootlicker for a company that used to be "Don't be evil."