What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?”

ch00f@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 272 points –

Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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What is the difference, in your mind, between changing owners and buying out a company?

To me they're the same thing and this is an appropriate reply for OP. Is it just a matter of scale for you? (I think we'd all like bigger examples, but this still works)

I definitely think the original post meant things like retail stores, social media platforms, nationwide chain restaurants, etc

I think the term the OP used was "faceless conglomorate".

I heard Matt Stone's face was ripped off by Scuzzlebutt, and Trey Parker was conglomerated into a dawson's creek trapper keeper, so seems like a fair answer to me.

Sure, but that was just additional context for my question, which was what this poster feels is the difference between changing owners and buying out a company.

They're thinking of changing owners vs buying a corporate company with a CEO. Yeah they're similar lol but not really what the post is asking for on here

Again with the fixation on the OP. Let me be more direct: I didn't ask you.

The context provided in the question is of big companies buying smaller companies and ruining them. OP asked if “the opposite ever happens”, which I interpret to mean a big corporation buying a smaller company and it NOT going to shit.

Sure we can talk about any change in ownership whatsoever, but that seems like a complete change in topic with an obvious answer.