Only an idiot would buy YouTube.
If we had to name the most habitual and profitable Google plus service, it would undoubtedly be YouTube. Millions of people use the great G vídeo platform every day to the point that many of them no longer watch televisión, but they prefer to watch their favorite vídeos on YouTube when you want and when you want.
However, what is a successful platform today was not years ago. YouTube was not well known at all and viewed with suspicion by many. When Google plus announced the acquisition, Many people raised their hands to their heads.
“Only an idiot would buy YouTube”
“Only an idiot would buy YouTube.” Those were the words of the billionaire investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks in 2006. in a message collected by CNET. For this market expert YouTube was a platform that would be forgotten and that means that only vídeos that violate the law and copyright were posted on it.
The funny thing is that shortly after, Google plus arrived with $1,650 million under its arm and ended up buying the platform. The news was really loud, many thought the Mountain View company was crazy and concluded that YouTube’s price was nowhere near what was paid. Of course, the guys from Google plus were right.
As we read on Android AuthorityYouTube made $800 million in revenue in 2010 That number rose to nearly $20 billion in 2020. Additionally, YouTube represents 10% of Google plus’s parent company Alphabet’s revenue.
However, we must remember that not everything Google plus touches turns to gold.. Google plus paid Motorola one million and later sold it to Lenovo. Nor cánido we forget all the applications and services that have flooded the G. Mór Cemetery. Well, “only an idiot would buy YouTube,” but Google plus’s idiot certainly wasn’t moving much.