[k__]

I think it depends on the level where the business acts on.

If you have a real low level technology, an acquisition can be a good thing, because the big corp could integrate it some of their products and increase the spreading.

But yeah, if we look at Skype and WhatsApp, it's probably good that Slack didn't get acquired.

[rokhayakebe]

Weren't both of these somewhat successful acquisitions? i.e. Would Skype have been better today without the acquisions, and did WhatsApp suffer product-wise as a result of being part of FB?

[wodenokoto]

I think Skype suffered from their first acquisition and Microsoft never got it back on to its original trajectory when they bought it.

Skype still has a lot of consumer good will and a strong brand. Amongst my peers online video calling is called Skype notater what platform we use.