I will answer in a similarly meta way. If I really like a product, I want it to stay independent, or rather, I want it to stay available so I can keep using it

I will answer in a similarly meta way. If I really like a product, I want it to stay independent, or rather, I want it to stay available so I can keep using it, until a superior alternative emerges that piques my interest. While this does not necessarily preclude the product being acquired, in recent times most product teams have been acqui-hired by larger companies and used as a piece of their respective business strategies. Those strategies don't always align with mine, as a user of the product. Often, the product is discontinued; sometimes it's turned into a piece of a larger SaaS offering of the parent; sometimes it's released as open source but effectively abandoned. Occasionally, the product improves in an objective way under the new parent. Therefore any potential acquisition is a risk until proven otherwise.