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Can't buy if it's a private company and the founders are refusing to sell. Especially if the founders were former google employees who got fired.
Morals and principles are all good and dandy until you're staring down daddy Google (who can take millions in losses without blinking an eye) offering you a choice between a large check or competition with a business entity that doesn't need to be profitable . There's not a lot of people in the world who could stand up to that, even fewer so that would want to when the alternative is a worry free life sitting on whatever millions Google paid you while sipping Mai Tais on your private island.