[rojcyk]

I don't think so, people are def aware of these projects. The problem is the stuff you mentioned (at least YT, gmail chrome, maps) are in a pretty rough spot.

And while Waymo might have an insane potential, it is just that, a potential.

[bryanlarsen]

YouTube was a $15B business in 2019. Given that Google pays Firefox about $400M for search engine priority for its 4% market share, owning Chrome saves Google about $6B a year in payments for its 60% share. I bet that both maps and google apps for business (of which email is a core piece) are also quite profitable, depending on how cost accounting is done.

Why do you say they are in a "pretty rough spot"?

[throwawayzRUU6f]

Also, Waymo became untouchable. A lot of Google's valuation rests on pixie dust promises of transformative potential of future AI. Admitting that it won't happen anytime soon and culling Waymo would take a lot of Silicon Valley ecosystem with it.

[sbergot]

Youtube and chrome are still largely dominating their market. Can you expand on those?