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in the company clearly agreed because Google’s stock price began to
rise after the deal was announced.
Some of YouTube’s users were concerned that Google would greatly
change how YouTube functioned. Steve tried to reassure the users by
saying, “The most compelling part of this [acquisition] is being able
to really concentrate on features and functionality for the community.”
Google buying YouTube helped the company do more to improve its mobile app for
smartphones.