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Re:Twitter ‘smytes’ customers by savanaly on Friday June 22, 2018 @09:48AM (#17373915)
To a large degree, the responsibility is also on Smyte, right? Selling to a big corp is one thing, and once you are no longer owner of a company you've washed your hands of future decisions. But at the time when they agreed to the sale they were still owners of the company and their hands had not been washed and they could have and arguably should have stipulated some conditions for how the service would be wound down following the sale.
Re:Twitter ‘smytes’ customers by CGamesPlay on Friday June 22, 2018 @12:19PM (#17375165)
Litigation aside, the founders of Smyte seem pretty culpable here. I would be wary of using another service that they created, given a demonstrated willingness to turn it off without any notice.
Re:Twitter ‘smytes’ customers by eganist on Friday June 22, 2018 @10:11AM (#17374077)
Only if the acquisition hasn't closed yet. If it has, who's there to go after?

But you're actually right -- if the acquisition hasn't closed yet, they're independent and independently responsible.