it would be surprisingly hard to divide up Google into multiple companies that still have sources of revenue, much less were still profitable. What strikes me

it would be surprisingly hard to divide up Google into multiple companies that still have sources of revenue, much less were still profitable. What strikes me the most about Google's business activities is that it has, through its ad business, basically siphoned off a large portion of the value created by the Web. It has then taken those funds and done some fairly altruistic and benevolent things. There are plenty of projects within Google (not Alphabet more broadly, but Google specifically) which are done purely to advance their mission rather than for a profit. I think Google DNS is the most visible example.