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Tempest1981
on May 3, 2021
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Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B
Acquisitions often result in downsizing, aka "rightsizing" due to newfound efficiencies and synergies.
airstrike
on May 3, 2021
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Right, and they presumably do that to create value rather than destroy. How is that going to hurt Yahoo Finance again?
kolbe
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There is zero upside to the free public API as far as I can tell. Granted it's low cost to keep it up, but it's not generating any revenue.
airstrike
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It is generating revenue if it attracts customers to the paid tier.
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