The technology consulting company Accenture will take over.
Do people just make up numbers for what companies are worth? I don’t see how either of these are worth much of anything.
Downdetector and Speedtest have been sold for over $1 billion
Submitted 2 weeks ago by other_cat@piefed.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
homes@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, this makes me immediately suspicious
x00z@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A company is valued by what somebody is willing to pay for it.
So kind of, yes.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Speedtest probably gets billions of visitors a month, thats a lot of IPs and browser data you can harvest and sell.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Prepare for enshittification while Accenture tries to find an RoI.
EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This is most likely true, a billion times over
Pratai@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Downdetector is hot garbage anyway.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thank you! It’s divination in my opinion.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
damn, both were kinda useful. doesn’t seem $1B worth tho lol
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
just wait until it gets shitty.
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Welp, that was nice while it lasted. Its gonna become a shithole now as they try to get double digit growth on the “investment”
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
openspeedtest.com
In case anyone wants a new speed test.
Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Also librespeed.org
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I host my own of this which is nice for testing local connections as well
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
it’s built into Chrome. Just search speed test and it brings you to M-Lab.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Down votes for reality. Never change, Lemmy.
adhdsnoozebutton@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Thank you!!