minus-squareCyber Yuki@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Crunchyroll just Committed a Federal Crime.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months ago following its acquisition from Sony Has anything good EVER come from big company acquisitions AT ALL? Geocities -> acquired by Yahoo -> crap -> death Youtube -> acquired by Google -> ad crap Blogger -> acquired by Google -> crap Macromedia -> acquired by Adobe -> Monopoly crap Washington Post -> acquired by Bezos -> political crap MySQL -> Acquired by Oracle -> copyright crap Github -> acquired by Microsoft -> crap Reddit -> acquired by Conde Nast -> political crap Twitter -> acquired by Musk -> utter crap Every single time I see a cool startup get bought by a big player, all I can see is the service going to shit. linkfedilink
Has anything good EVER come from big company acquisitions AT ALL?
Geocities -> acquired by Yahoo -> crap -> death
Youtube -> acquired by Google -> ad crap
Blogger -> acquired by Google -> crap
Macromedia -> acquired by Adobe -> Monopoly crap
Washington Post -> acquired by Bezos -> political crap
MySQL -> Acquired by Oracle -> copyright crap
Github -> acquired by Microsoft -> crap
Reddit -> acquired by Conde Nast -> political crap
Twitter -> acquired by Musk -> utter crap
Every single time I see a cool startup get bought by a big player, all I can see is the service going to shit.