The issue is that the overwhelming incentive for these sorts of buyouts is towards very short-term decisions leading up to a sale. If things line up correctly,

The issue is that the overwhelming incentive for these sorts of buyouts is towards very short-term decisions leading up to a sale. If things line up correctly, this can have good results, but usually it involves compromising the product, long-term business, cutting corners, etc. People on places like HN are especially wary of this sort of thing because a lot of us are tech professionals who end up in the trenches first hand when those corners get cut. This is especially dangerous in the realm of security.