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Originally Posted by barryem
Interesting criticism...they're being too creative. 
Barry |
I dunno.
A lot of those efforts are me-too products.
(Auto insurance? Really? Might as well open a bank.)
One could just as easily say they're dumping money at any shiny thing that catches their eye.
There's no question they can afford to throw money on those ventures (for now) but unlike Apple, Microsoft, and even Amazon, they're not exactly building billion dollar businesses out of those investments. At some point Brin and Page may wake up wishing they had some of that money back.