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minus-squareoctoblade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days agoA big part of Broadcom’s current business model seems to be: Buy company that makes an important product/service used by many big companies. Squeeze the acquired company for every last drop of short term profit; increasing prices, abandoning products, etc. Watch large companies jump ship to other solutions Repeat
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoA good reason to try to avoid being deeply dependent on a product that a single company controls that’s hard to transition away from. Even if you’re happy with that company, someone else might manage to get control of them.
minus-squareAreaKode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoProducts go to Broadcom to die.
A big part of Broadcom’s current business model seems to be:
A good reason to try to avoid being deeply dependent on a product that a single company controls that’s hard to transition away from. Even if you’re happy with that company, someone else might manage to get control of them.
Products go to Broadcom to die.