There must be a mistake or folks could be reading into it wrong.
Misprint, corporate discount, many aspects are in the detail. 1 news article about the idea means nothing. The business model/business plan has more detail.
Plenty profitable organizations exists today that avg Joe's thought would be hog-wash!
$1.4 Billion deal.... These folks don't grant billions, or spend billions without really SMART guys looking into it. Business Model has to be profitable. The demand & market research had to be done. Product value was obvious, connections were made, behind the scene deals were made. Needs were meet.
Again, people smarter than us JC'er have read, scaled, reviewed, edited, and scrutinized the details...