[raverbashing]

And here's the thing, what should have the original company done if they were not having profits/growing (but shrinking)?

You don't sell a company if you don't believe its future can be better with you in command (most of the time)

[notahacker]

Founders decide they want to do other things with their lives all the time, and in the case of komoot reportedly exited at a €300m valuation for a company that had raised very little VC money, which is going to tempt most people no matter how much they hate popups...