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When a FAANG company makes an acquisition, what's the effect on consumers? Would they be better off if acquisitions did not happen?
by smegma2 7y ago
When a FAANG company makes an acquisition, what's the effect on consumers? Would they be better off if acquisitions did not happen?
- nabla9 7y ago> what's the effect on consumers? Consumer-welfare standard is not the only concern of antitrust regulation.
- nvader 7y agoThe answer to this will vary hugely on a case-by-case basis. I don't want to speculate on what the sign of the net effect is. So without trying to answer the question one way or the other, I just want to share this link which came to mind: https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
- pjc50 7y agoQuite often there is an "acquishutdown"; the company is bought for the team not the product, or the product fails to integrate, or is neglected. So if you were happy with the product, you're worse off after an acquisition. Yahoo was particularly bad for this (Flickr, Delicious).