Or the even simpler discussion: "They have a huge hit, and no money in the bank. Let's acquire them now, before they raise money, for relatively cheap, so we

Or the even simpler discussion: "They have a huge hit, and no money in the bank. Let's acquire them now, before they raise money, for relatively cheap, so we don't have to sink time and resources into developing a clone ourselves." Too bad it looks like this theory didn't pan out.