The death of corporate research labs

Re:The death of corporate research labs by TheCabin on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:38AM (#23256478)

> My answer: you will suffer from brain drain.and reputation loss,when you buy a smaller company,consumers assume that brand is now dead.

Not so sure about that. Maybe if you read HN a lot, but I think most users won't even notice.

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by neutronicus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:15AM (#23257475)

"Facebook bought WhatsApp - guess we're moving the family group chat to Signal"

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by scarface74 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:30AM (#23257598)

if that anecdote was applicable to the broader market, wouldn’t we have seen WhatsApp’s numbers decline and Signal’s numbers rise after the acquisition?

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by badrabbit on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:36AM (#23257640)

Signal is very popular but whatsapp was aquired before Signal was well known (2014-15 I think) and their user base mostly don't even know it belongs to FB. I have had multiple people act shocked when I tell them whatsapp and Instagram are FB.

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by neutronicus on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:32AM (#23257612)

I was being sarcastic

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by badrabbit on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:33AM (#23257618)

Your core consumers that are foundational to your brand will always care. But more often than not if there are no alternatives it just becomes a long term disinterest in your brand.

Fun example: Star wars fans and Disney aquisition.

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Re:The death of corporate research labs by nck4222 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @09:09AM (#23257881)

Considering Star wars media continues to print money for Disney, and core Star wars consumers were appalled at the franchise before the acquisition (prequels), that's not the best example.

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