Has any website EVER improved after being bought out by a larger company?

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pokedude900
04/27/2024
05:50 AM
#1
Honest question. Because pretty much every time I see it happen, it's the same old story. At first, little to nothing changes. Then it gets progressively worse. Whether it's the layout, the removal of features, harsher rules, etc. At best, there might be some small improvements at the cost of several drawbacks. I'm honestly having trouble thinking of an example where it was a net positive.
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Letsago
04/27/2024
05:51 AM
#2
On a similar note: When a site or app owned by a big corp. does an update, have the updates EVER been a net good?
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STEROLIZER
04/27/2024
05:51 AM
#3
GameFaqs might honestly be the first, as I cant think of any others.

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008Zulu
04/27/2024
06:23 AM
#4
Rooster Teeth. When they were a small indie company, their website had all sorts of issues; videos didn't load, forum glitches. Once they were bought up, functionality improved.
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pokedude900
04/27/2024
06:25 AM
#5
Maybe not the best example considering their current state, but fair enough.
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04/27/2024
04:01 AM
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creativerealms
04/27/2024
06:56 AM
#7
008Zulu posted...
Rooster Teeth. When they were a small indie company, their website had all sorts of issues; videos didn't load, forum glitches. Once they were bought up, functionality improved.
You realize they were just killed off by Warner/Discovery right?
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Guide
04/27/2024
06:57 AM
#8
A lot of sites are designed to get fucked in the long run. They're long term investments, given capital and time to grow and seize a significant chunk of the internet. Then, when they're ripe, the investors start fucking shit up for that sweet, sweet return. Reddit is probably the most notable of these
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CountCorvinus
04/27/2024
06:58 AM
#9
creativerealms posted...
You realize they were just killed off by Warner/Discovery right?

Maybe that's for the best considering how awful a lot of their employees were.

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008Zulu
04/27/2024
07:28 AM
#11
creativerealms posted...
You realize they were just killed off by Warner/Discovery right?
Topic isn't about the company's overall, just their websites.
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