This is true of all the tech whales, it's actually smart business in a climate where antitrust enforcement doesn't exist. Paying a few million dollars a year fo

This is true of all the tech whales, it's actually smart business in a climate where antitrust enforcement doesn't exist. Paying a few million dollars a year for a team of engineers to do nothing for a few years to eliminate a startup that could have carved a couple of hundred million dollars a year out of Google's top line is actually a great return on investment.