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That's on the revenue front and is indeed important. On the product front: some search and generally data processing technologies are similar or even identical

• conductr 4y ago
  Yes, I’m sure that’s so but not quite sure of how that implies anticompetitiveness. If a YT competitor built a search feature that they thought was so good they spun up a search engine product, does that make them anticompetitive? Every competitor has to implement their own solutions to these problems. Or, don’t? Search isn’t a barrier to entry. You could launch a video service without a search feature. If you can leverage something from your existing assets, that’s not anticompetitive. It’s like a lawn mowing service starting a Christmas light hanging service because they already possess the truck and most of the tools and labor resources. It’s the definition of being competitive. They may be able to offer lower prices to consumers because they get to use their assets during middle of winter when grass isn’t growing. Or, and this is key to the bundled conglomerate argument, offer a service that wouldn’t otherwise be feasible (because the cost would be higher than what customers would pay.) In this case, bundling of the service is a net positive to consumers.