For me this can be seen as a symptom of the problem with technology companies today: If you're too small you won't be able to survive. So everyone gets bought s

For me this can be seen as a symptom of the problem with technology companies today: If you're too small you won't be able to survive. So everyone gets bought so that they don't die. In the end you have a few big companies splitting up the market under themselves and the hurdles for a market entry are too high. An even better example for this are semiconductor foundries.