> Imagine if Alphabet was broken up, Google search can still afford to run a research lab, as can youtube. This doesn't make sense to me. Google search and you

> Imagine if Alphabet was broken up, Google search can still afford to run a research lab, as can youtube. This doesn't make sense to me. Google search and youtube are just front-ends for Alphabet to make money through advertising. If Alphabet truly was broken up, Google search and youtube would not be able to use google ads jointly in the same way, and they don't make money otherwise.