The licensing would need to be exclusive and long term, otherwise the big tech companies would've (and should've) feared the risks of being deeply integrated and dependent on a third party.
Google would never have allowed a third party to use search results as training data, for example. Shazam might've had more flexibility unless Apple wanted to link it with customer data.
Exclusive long term licensing is effectively acquisition by another name.
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Seems like companies that could have made money through licensing their product instead of being bought out?
The licensing would need to be exclusive and long term, otherwise the big tech companies would've (and should've) feared the risks of being deeply integrated and dependent on a third party.
Google would never have allowed a third party to use search results as training data, for example. Shazam might've had more flexibility unless Apple wanted to link it with customer data.
Exclusive long term licensing is effectively acquisition by another name.