Yahoo was more of a slow decline, and missed opportunities. They could have actually acquired Google and/or Facebook at one point, and could have been acquired by Microsoft at a later point.
The comment talks about "quickly changes the world around us rather fundamentally", "knocked off their perch", and "within a few years", which doesn't seem like an accurate description of what happened with Yahoo.
lapcat|2 years ago
The comment talks about "quickly changes the world around us rather fundamentally", "knocked off their perch", and "within a few years", which doesn't seem like an accurate description of what happened with Yahoo.