In the old world, a company would build the television, another would broadcast shows, another would measure the audience and another would measure sales to com

In the old world, a company would build the television, another would broadcast shows, another would measure the audience and another would measure sales to compare with media investments. Which of those steps Google does today? All of them, from browser to YouTube to shopping to audience data and sales measurements. This is not a case of "old people ranting about how the old world was simpler and better", it's a case of conflict of interest. But this isn't something new, everyone in the industry has been seeing that for two decades now, it's just something no one cares enough to pick a fight.