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Big Tech companies have a history of buying smaller tech companies and ending or decreasing the products/services that the smaller companies provided which make
by Brybry 3y ago
Big Tech companies have a history of buying smaller tech companies and ending or decreasing the products/services that the smaller companies provided which makes life worse for consumers.
In game development specifically there's a line of successful studios that were devoured and their game franchises destroyed or made creatively poorer.
- nine_k 3y agoMy question is always: why did they sell? I suppose a small company is usually private, so it can't be a target of a hostile takeover. The owners likely saw it as a better deal financially. Sad but usually true. I like the idea of "meat" and "milk" startups, like cow breeds; "meat" companies are created to grow fast and be sold (and usually butchered), and "milk" companies are kept more stable and independent, to fulfill their purpose, not (just) in hopes of a purely financial gain.
- pyrale 3y ago> My question is always: why did they sell? I suppose a small company is usually private, so it can't be a target of a hostile takeover. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-amazons-plan-to-crush-a-startup-rival-with-price-cuts/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/emails-detail-am... Similar stories exist for every single of the big tech companies.
- nine_k 3y agoHow can a game franchise be destroyed by price cuts from a competitor? (Honest question.)