An acquisition in its infancy.

Acquisitions happen all the time and later get turned down when they don't flourish. Many stories get posted often with negative sentiment right here on HN.

YouTube was one of the 10 most visited websites on the Internet when Google bought it (IIRC, #4)

With a completely underdeveloped ad business, unclear if it would ever produce any significant revenue. YouTube was purchased for 1b, they cleared 28b in revenue last year alone.