If Alphabet was to shutdown, other compaines would fill the void with their own products. Some will be existing companies, and some will be new companies. There are lots of alternatives to many of Alphabet/Google's products but people don't know about them because Google dominates so many product spaces. There are other email providers to Gmail. There are other map options too. I can easily believe companies will cre…
Right. Street View would be a big loss, but YouTube has accumulated so much (garbage) content that it wouldn't matter if it disappears. Good content would find its way to be published somewhere else.