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How much of a bargain does the original Google acquisition of YouTube, for $1.65 billion, seem today? Less than one tenth of what Facebook are paying for WhatsA

• kibibu 12y ago
  YouTube wasn't super huge when Google bought them though, I'd suspect twitch has bigger brand recognition now than YouTube had then.
  • Cookingboy 12y ago
    YouTube was THE online video site back then. Twitch is pretty much unheard of these days by the general public other than people following the PC gaming scene.
    • kibibu 12y ago
      In 2006 it was competing with DailyMotion and Vimeo at least.
      • josefresco 12y ago
        Besides the two mentioned, the other main competition in 2005-6 for YouTube was Google Videos.