> I believe (ot maybe would like to believe) that part of the reason Alphabet was created was to remove these conflicts of interest. I think the more logical t

> I believe (ot maybe would like to believe) that part of the reason Alphabet was created was to remove these conflicts of interest. I think the more logical thing to believe is that it was created to remove the appearance of conflicts of interest for PR purposes and give them plausible deniability.