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That may be true for Cisco specifically; I don't know. But some acquisitions really go well and make sense for everyone. I don't think YouTube was profitable b
by chmod600 3y ago
That may be true for Cisco specifically; I don't know. But some acquisitions really go well and make sense for everyone.
I don't think YouTube was profitable before acquisition. Now it's profitable and a great product.
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- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoTotally agree with that. I remember reading an article years ago that was talking about how YouTube actually didn't have a ton of runway left before Google bought them - the hosting costs were going to kill them, and they needed someone like Google with their unique expertise at handling massive infrastructure scale (and probably only Google at that time had that experience) to join with. So I'm not saying 100% of acquisitions are shit storms, but so often when you see these old stalwarts buy new, innovative startups, everyone is scared their products will go to shit. Just look at the giant collective sigh of release when the Figma deal fell through.