• AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    So what is the point of acquiring them if they just dismantle the company? Seems stupid unless it’s funded by the CIA or something.

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      9 months ago

      No need to look for a conspiracy, this sort of thing happens all the time to all sorts of companies. Maybe it’s a patent they want, maybe they want the talent, maybe they want the assets, maybe they want to remove a competitor… It’s really not that unusual.

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        9 months ago

        You’re right, if it was an intelligence service they’d want the service to continue while they have a backdoor.

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      9 months ago

      Maybe they want to suck part of the codebase into notion?

      I have a friend who works with ex Zenly employees, and that’s exactly what Snapchat did with them.