[HN Gopher] Founder who sold company to Google says tech giant h...
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       Founder who sold company to Google says tech giant has slowly
       ceased to function
        
       Author : pinewurst
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-02-16 17:55 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.geekwire.com)
        
       | malfist wrote:
       | This is 100% expected. That's the cycle for companies. You get a
       | golden goose, you elect a CEO that will put in place bureaucracy
       | to keep anyone from cooking it.
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | Discussed at the source yesterday:
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       |  _The maze is in the mouse: what ails Google_
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34799308 (300 comments)
        
       | baridbelmedar wrote:
       | Interesting, it's somewhat surprising that he's the one saying
       | this...I still don't get why Google chose to buy AppSheet. There
       | were far better options available for them to buy.
       | 
       | In my opinion, it would have been better for Google to acquire
       | FlutterFlow or something similar instead.
        
         | garganzol wrote:
         | Being acquired by Google is a synonym of being extinguished.
         | See Sparrow (email client).
        
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