I’d feel a lot better about acquisitions if it ever resulted in anything better. Oh, they all say “now we’ll be able to do $WONDERFUL_THING” to ensure the deal

I’d feel a lot better about acquisitions if it ever resulted in anything better. Oh, they all say “now we’ll be able to do $WONDERFUL_THING” to ensure the deal is approved. After that, it’s either: something that people really like is killed off to save 4 cents a year, or service becomes crappier, or monthly bills mysteriously go up, or all of the above.