Google Acquisition Speculation
Discussions center on whether Google acquired the featured company, often labeling it an acquihire for talent, and debate Google's track record of shutting down or neglecting acquired products and startups.
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They were bought by Google, why would Google do that..?
Because Google have already bought it?
Looks like one of Google’s notorious acquihires.
Google acquires them to do so. I read it somewhere.
Does Google actually have a history of destroying companies that they acquire?
Google should've bought them.
Google's statements are PR fluff. This was an acqui-hire. They paid for a few talented engineers. I expect it to be shutdown in a year or two.
I have to assume so, if not why else did Google acquire them?
Google is normally not outwardly competitor focused. Makes me think there are acquisition discussions going on behind the scenes and this is part of the diligence.
I would've thought Google themselves would have bought it many years ago, to protect their users (and their brand.)