Fair point. There may have been very few, if any, parties willing to pay what Goog paid for YT. From that angle, it hardly looks like a steal. But if you think

Fair point. There may have been very few, if any, parties willing to pay what Goog paid for YT. From that angle, it hardly looks like a steal. But if you think about YT's growth and strategic fit since the acquisition, it looks like a steal for 1.6B. Meaning, had a competitor known that YT could be such a key to google, there would be many more takers for it.