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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-21 month 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.
A big part of Broadcom’s current business model seems to be:
Products go to Broadcom to die.
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.