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> In inclined to believe that neither would have become trillion dollar companies if they had been acquired by Yahoo. Having worked for Yahoo, I have to agree.
by Macha 1y ago
> In inclined to believe that neither would have become trillion dollar companies if they had been acquired by Yahoo.
Having worked for Yahoo, I have to agree. Acquisitions were always seen in terms of "what can they do for the Yahoo brand?" and "How can we cut costs by migrating this to Yahoo tech?", not "How can we grow this business?". A Yahoo owned Facebook would have been suffocated like Tumblr and Flickr were.
- noAnswer 1y agoSo it would have been a net positive for society. :-)
- whynotminot 1y agoGood guy Yahoo murdering companies that would have been net bad for society lol
- indymike 1y ago> Yahoo owned Facebook would have been suffocated like Tumblr and Flickr were. This is really the story for most acquisitions in tech. Interesting that Facebook was able to really do positive things with WhatsApp and Instagram.