Rather than just use an email solution Google built GMail into a massive email solution despite it not being a core product
Sometimes that's just an opportunity
Sometimes that's just an opportunity
Technically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads.
Ad display I'll still grant you of course.
It was an unproven long shot when they built it.