almost no one ever paid for email, there were many free providers and people got accounts from their isp google bought youtube 19 years ago because their own a

almost no one ever paid for email, there were many free providers and people got accounts from their isp google bought youtube 19 years ago because their own attempt was doing poorly and youtube was booming right after its founding, they didn't win in the space because they were good at it, they bought success in a way that probably shouldn't have been allowed you're acting like google invented ad supported online services the problem is now that google doesn't have to be the best any more, they can be third best at nearly everything but still own the market share because they can afford to give things away for free which ruins competition