some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.world · 5 days agoAs firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bankarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12
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minus-squareoctoblade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days 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-squareAreaKode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 days agoProducts go to Broadcom to die.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 days 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.