AWS was similar for years. Huge losses, now they are profitable.<p>The big difference with Google Cloud is that they have a long history of jacking up pricing at random. Wake up one morning and find that the solution you just spent months building will bankrupt your business under the new pricing regime.
> On the one hand, losses are mounting, up from $4.3 billion in 2018 and $4.6 billion in 2019, but revenue is also seeing strong growth, up from $5.8 billion in 2018 and $8.9 billion in 2019.<p>Clickbait
Lets see how long it takes to kill it, if they keep being 3rd<p>> The Information reports that Alphabet leadership briefly considered leaving the cloud infrastructure market in 2018 due to concerns over profitability. While they ultimately opted to invest in a buildout, long-term funding looks contingent on Google Cloud leapfrogging Microsoft in market share by 2023.<p><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/google-reportedly-set-ambitious-goal-and-possible-deadline-for-gcp" rel="nofollow">https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/google-reportedly-set-ambitio...</a>
Obviously it's time for Google to put it in the Google graveyard:<p><a href="https://killedbygoogle.com/" rel="nofollow">https://killedbygoogle.com/</a>