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> They kinda already do at this point.

Their sources of profit are from very different products and services though.

Microsoft and Alphabet and Amazon have cloud computing.

Alphabet and Meta earn money from ads.

Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware.

Microsoft sells software, with the bedrock being Excel.

Amazon is selling logistics, physically via warehousing and delivery and virtually via a website others can sell on.

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"Apple is the only one making money on selling hardware."

MS is selling Surface. Google is selling Pixel. They aren't necessarily successful but they are trying. The only outlier is Facebook which doesn't try to sell hardware or services.

Uhhhh… what are you talking about? Have you ever heard of Oculus VR (now called Meta Quest) or Facebook Portal? They are most certainly in hardware.

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