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Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In tech, for the last few decades, the goal of so many startups is not to be the next Apple/Google/Facebook but to create something that Apple/Google/Facebook want to buy.

Yeah unfortunately not taking a buy out often means one of the Big Five making their own version of whatever you're doing / buying out your competitor, and then bullying you out of the market. A bleak possibility for start ups

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Good point. I am not knocking the decision to sellout. Just noting that for some it is the goal and for others, as you noted, it is the least worst option.