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[-] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

I can't pinpoint exactly when the fall started.

In my opinion, it was when anti-trust laws did not trigger upon Google acquiring YouTube because Google Video couldn't compete. That meant it was open season on start-ups that otherwise might have grown to kill Google or other big tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Microsoft.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah, I even forgot Google Video used to be a thing.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

See List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet for the graveyard list. Sorting by Price helps. Some other notable companies that Google acquired rather than compete with:

  • Nest Labs (home automation)
  • DropCam (home automation)
  • DoubleClick (advertisement)
  • FitBit (wearables)
  • Waze (GPS navigation)
  • Skybox Imaging (satellite mapping)
  • Like.com (shopping)
  • Meebo (social network)
  • GrandCentral (VOIP)
  • Picasa (photographry)
  • Tenor (GIF search)
  • PhotoMath (LLM; became Bard)
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