With so much speculation swirling about, with regards to million-dollar-a-month bandwidth bills, and copyright litigation left, right and centre, it’s exciting in a tech-crunch kind of way to hear this news. Google has been the “uber” player for some time now; why did people see YouTube as the ultimate diamond in the web crown?
Google, our omnipresent overlord, has forked out some merger and acquisition cash (well, stock anyway) to grab the biggest brand name in gimmick and viral content.
All in all, it’s mainly corporate speak, but the promise to continue running the two services separately should reassure some users.
I also think that other players in the market purely to be acquired by Google will be even more reassured that “it can still happen”.