[3rly]

How do you know that this outcome was not the desired endgame for the creators. It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell.

Lastly, which "we" are you referring to?

[langitbiru]

> It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell.

Bumble founder disagreed.

https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-ne...

From the article above:

"Match, which owns another popular dating app and Bumble competitor, Tinder, is suing Bumble for violating two patents and for allegedly stealing trade secrets.

It was a lawsuit made all the more intriguing considering Match wants to acquire Bumble;"

[swiley]

Software patents should require the source of the implementation to be published. That's the whole idea behind patents in the first place.

[adrianN]

What the founders want is not terribly relevant for monopoly laws. They're for the protection of the consumers, not of the company owners.

[BasedInfra]

Monopolies aren’t hostile takeovers.

It’s companies buying competitors for market dominance with no regulatory pushback that’s the issue.