cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoGoogle Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable companyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@hexbear.net
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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·edit-215 days agoI’m shocked. Totally shocked. Private equity means rising *prices and dropping quality until it’s useless at which point it will be sold off piece by piece. Consumers aren’t part of the process except as wallets.
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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·14 days ago 
I’m shocked. Totally shocked.
Private equity means rising *prices and dropping quality until it’s useless at which point it will be sold off piece by piece. Consumers aren’t part of the process except as wallets.
https://media1.tenor.com/m/7eIb5aTep44AAAAC/thor-really.gif