For consumers? no. Google is pretty happy with all its ad acquisitions, all those companies are dead and there is no competition. Oracle is pretty happy with its patent trolling from its acquisitions. Game companies are pretty happy with their small company buys where they produce garbage sequels and everyone buys it.
Was there an acquisition in the history of ever that worked out well?
For consumers? no. Google is pretty happy with all its ad acquisitions, all those companies are dead and there is no competition. Oracle is pretty happy with its patent trolling from its acquisitions. Game companies are pretty happy with their small company buys where they produce garbage sequels and everyone buys it.
Conglomerates just keep getting bigger