> Why does big G have an aversion to big acquisitions?

This is Nonsense, Google acquired Motorola Mobility, Nest, DoubleClick, YouTube, Waze, DeepMind and lastly the HTC phone division.

This is more true of Apple, but they did buy Beats for 3bn.

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