How Apple Inc. (AAPL) Inadvertently Boosted YouTube for Google Inc (GOOG) in a Big Way

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Online video streaming is very much segregated into fixed and mobile platforms. On the fixed side, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the dominant service provider, while YouTube owns mobile. A recent Sandvine study found that Netflix comprised nearly a third of all online video streaming for fixed access, while the tables turn in mobile in favor of YouTube at 27% of usage.

Ditching YouTube streamlined Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s preinstalled-app development, and it just so happened to help Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) in a big way.

The article How Apple Inadvertently Boosted YouTube for Google in a Big Way originally appeared on Fool.com.

Fool contributor Evan Niu, CFA, owns shares of Apple. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Apple, Google, and Netflix.

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