Eighteen years ago this week, #Google bought #YouTube for $1.65 billion.

At the time, many called the price excessive. Looking back, the deal stands as one of the clearest examples of a platform acquisition that reshaped digital media and advertising.

What once looked expensive now looks like an early bet on where attention and content would go.
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