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Guess I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, Microsoft acquired GitHub, IBM acquired RedHat.


Many weird acquisitions past few years but all make sense from a monopolistic angle.

Startpage by an ad company.

PIA by an anti privacy malware company.

Keybase being a slack competitor merging with zoom makes much more sense in retrospect. Zoom is insecure while keybase is seen as secure.

Companies are purchasing competitors or revenue stealers.




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