[gopkarthik]

> Late game capitalism applied to Google's portfolio would be catastrophic.

This is probably my biggest fear about the eventual fate of Google. The amount of data they have is staggering and would be very short-term profitable for PE firms looking to make a quick buck.

[coryrc]

How would they make more money off it than what Google is already doing?

[viraptor]

Google may not be a privacy champion, but they still have some rules. A PE company will do anything for more money if they're in the value extraction mode.

[onion2k]

By doing what Google is doing and also charging users to use services.