• 9point6@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Hmm, had to look up who these guys were

    Apparently they own XDA and Android Police too, which haven’t gone entirely to shit

    I’ll tentatively put the pitchfork away

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        2 months ago

        No, not at all, generally not a good sign whatsoever (unless you’re wall st apparently). I guess there’s the chance it was particularly inefficiently staffed, but then Vox seem like they should have known what they were doing, so that doesn’t seem likely.

        The new owner seems to have a few gaming brands already, Game Rant being the only one I’ve heard of though. Perhaps they’re planning a consolidation and this is the redundancy from that?

        Not necessarily saying there’s a silver lining, just trying to rationalise

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          2 months ago

          Looking through their portfolio, I honestly don’t know how XDA and Android Police maintain their quality levels. Everything else is Taboola-level click farming junk.