[Apocryphon]

Wonder how it’d go if the DoJ actually practiced antitrust towards tech again. The EU Commission does, at least.

[fallingknife]

Both of those acquisitions were tiny $1 billion buys. They only grew into massive entities under their new corporate parents. Antitrust doesn't apply to such a situation. They could only be seen as critical acquisitions in hindsight.

[kolinko]

Youtube felt like a major new platform even at the time of acquisition, and google tried to compete by launching google videos - but failed.

[scarface74]

Seeing that YouTube would have been sued out of existence, what difference would it make?

And how would a search engine company buying out a non profitable video platform that had no means of making money have triggered anti trust action?