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Re:OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to ... by KaoruAoiShiho on Thursday April 17, 2025 @04:10PM (#43721641)
That describes Google buying Youtube and Facebook buying WhatsApp, those seem to have turned out okay.
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Re:OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to ... by gscott on Thursday April 17, 2025 @05:45PM (#43722581)
WhatsApp is not profitable yet. At least not as October 2024.

YouTube had the advantage of being able to post pirated videos something that I'm not sure Google would have been able to do. YouTube gained traction in ways Google couldn't duplicate.

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