• impulse@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Why would you buy a company to run it at a loss plus however many millions you paid for it?

    Google has mastered aggregating data over decades, they don’t need to own a website to get the data they want, Reddit much like any other website uses Google Analytics anyway.

    • ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      They technically did that with YouTube, but you’re probably right. They are in a much different position as a company.