They did have Google Videos before they bought Youtube, and integrated it a while after.
I'm trying to picture a white board with someone drawing up a plan how to destroy everything and take over.
Woah, video replies, we have to remove those. Threaded conversations under videos? Lets make them into an unbearable mess and make it as hard as possible for anyone to have a conversation. We can put it under history! ha-ha good one! Wait, we could suck everyone into a vacuum and have them all watch the same videos? ~ Excellent idea!
Creative company indeed