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Simply disallow startup acquisitions for companies above a certain value/marketshare. This will prevent them from killing competition. For example the social ne
by jonyt 9y ago
Simply disallow startup acquisitions for companies above a certain value/marketshare. This will prevent them from killing competition. For example the social networking space would probably have been disrupted several times by now had Facebook not been allowed to purchase Instagram and Whatsapp.
- nedwin 9y agoMaybe? It also likely would have reduced investment in social startups, especially those that didn’t have growth to indicate “breakout” status.
- ForHackernews 9y ago> reduced investment in social startups Sounds like a feature, not a bug.
- icebraining 9y agoNot if you're trying to disrupt FB, surely?