I have the same reaction. It seems that, far too often, the first "big" coverage a neat service gets (if it's missed by TechCrunch or a well-ranked post on HN) is its purchase and subsequent closing. Obviously these businesses are valuable to someone, and making money is probably the end-goal of everyone involved, but it seems like customers are an afterthought when considering a sale. Should cloud-based services from companies without a stock market symbol start to be considered more "performance résumés" for the founders and less "stable options" for customers?