Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin the acquired company?

Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin ... by countvonbalzac on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:10AM (#32071108)

Instagram ($1 billion), WhatsApp ($19 billion)

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin ... by skciva on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:37AM (#32071503)

Obviously we'll never know but I'd love to see an alternate timeline where those acquisitions didn't happen.

Instagram specifically has just become another ad infested shopping app for me these days.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin ... by pgwhalen on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:00PM (#32074297)

I'm not a meaningful Instagram user nor would I defend it as "good", but from a "success" perspective, for my demographic (I'm a 30-something US resident), it is clearly the most relevant social network.

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