You have to consider things like:

- Defaulting search for Android. - Owning the search engine behind their DNS hijacking. - Setting Yahoo as the default search when you install their ISP software. - Being able to eliminate Verizon mail (and integrate with Yahoo's mail platform). - Having less reliance on Google for mobile.

No they won't. It's going to be merged with AOL and run by AOL's CEO, Armstrong, but now with a ton more views and more ad tech. Verizon should do good money with all their data combined with Oath (AOL and Yahoo).

I actually think that they might make some money off it. They can serve way more crummy over-priced ads than Yahoo! ever could (apparently).