• folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The second Google bought them out should have been the moment you started to be on the lookout for a potential way out. It’s unfortunately really on brand for them. There’s not a lot that survives acquisition.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      That’s a bit unfair. Waze is still going and unaffected by being acquired by Google. YouTube is obviously still going and has become a core part of Alphabet’s business.

      For acquisitions that have strong existing user bases, they have a history of keeping them around. I’m surprised by this move, I can’t think of another example where they’ve killed a product with a large user base they’ve spent Billions on. Not that they’re killing FitBit, just reducing the countries it will be sold in.