Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B

Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by Sylos on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:51AM (#11893833)

His point was that even on 9GAG, which does not have a tech-focused community, this is a central talking point, so it's not just the tech-crowd which is pissed off about this.

Sure, 9GAGgers are still at least capable of operating a computer or smartphone, but if you move even further down in tech-capabilities, it also becomes quite unlikely that those people will buy something from Microsoft to begin with.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by argonaut on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:30PM (#11899368)

9GAG does have a tech savvy community, that's my point.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B by lloyd-christmas on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:09AM (#11893989)

Here's the demographics of 9gag:

http://9gag.com/gag/3325624/9gag-demographics

They aren't consumers. Beyond that, Microsoft isn't a company that targets individuals. They make their money from companies. They don't need to care about 22 year olds that have $100k of student debt and will pirate most software anyway.

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