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Recently, I have been trying to identify software I liked that was NOT ruined in some manner by its company's acquisition. I'm sure I'm forgetting successes som
by ergonaught 4y ago
Recently, I have been trying to identify software I liked that was NOT ruined in some manner by its company's acquisition. I'm sure I'm forgetting successes somehow, but at this point it's a list containing one highly debatable item. So, for me, no.
- granshaw 4y agoGitHub?
- TAForObvReasons 4y agoMany would say GitHub started going downhill when it raised VC money. Before the fundraise it was the poster child of bootstrapped and profitable companies
- libria 4y agoYouTube for me. It was ad-free in the beginning but it never would have survived that way for long. The current ad experience is palatable at least. And clients work well in all browsers/iPhone/Android/embedded.
- Gigachad 4y agoThey also give you the option to pay to remove advertising.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago> And clients work well in all browsers For months I was wondering if they were intentionally boosting stats by playing videos after I scrolled them out of sight on my phone. I finally @‘ed them on Twitter and it got fixed a few days later. I don’t know if this anecdote is in their favor or not, but “works” is a pretty broad category and “works well” is really up to interpretation. I’m glad they fixed it, having random videos blast out loud at me with no intention of watching them was really upsetting! But as far as I know the previous behavior was “working” too.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoGoogle Workspace is a pretty darned good product. It started out via a few acquisitions.
- ford 4y agoI didn't use it before the acquisition, but I generally have positive experiences using LinkedIn despite it being acquired ~6 years ago.
- leaflets2 4y agoAnd GitHub this far
- nradov 4y agoBroadcom hasn't ruined Rally. They haven't improved it much, either.
- Gigachad 4y agoMicrosoft never ruined minecraft.
- herbst 4y agoThat's why the whole modding community is playing the Java version while Microsoft is putting most efforts in their .Net Version?
- mhh__ 4y agoNot software obviously but Formula 1 is much better as a fan under its new (media) owners.
- underwater 4y agoGoogle Maps
- cultofmetatron 4y agoscreenhero. Best pairing app ever made. slack bought it and just SAT on it. They would have been better off using that money to make a native (battery sipping) desktop client