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Lots of counter examples with products that greatly improved post acquisition: - Google / YouTube - Facebook / IG - Facebook / WhatsApp - Tencent / Riot Gam
by anxman 9y ago
Lots of counter examples with products that greatly improved post acquisition:
- Google / YouTube
- Facebook / IG
- Facebook / WhatsApp
- Tencent / Riot Games
- Tencent / Supercell
- Amazon / Twitch
- FuckOffNeemo 9y agoI don't think the HN community would agree with the Facebook / Whatsapp acquisition. Going from a payable service at exceptional value, to what is now which is a free service at the cost of your meta data collection and Facebooks general business practice, have not been a positive benefit to WhatsApp viabilty or presence.
- humanrebar 9y agoGoogle / Android
- ekianjo 9y agoThat's not a lot compared to the ones that did not go well.
- SweetLlamaMyth 9y agoI think it's fair to assume it's "not a lot" because they weren't attempting to create an exhaustive list of mutually beneficial mergers and acquisitions.
- Gracana 9y agoImproved? In ways directly beneficial to their customers? I think those companies have been able to make a lot of money, but they haven't improved in any way that I care about.