Comment by caminante

5 days ago

I checked and was also expecting something different based on parent's comment.

Happened 18 years ago.

This is a hot take that has become room temp.

Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas almost 30 years ago, but that's still a major reason they suck today.

  • Bad comparison.

    I don't think many would say Ars Technica fell off dramatically circa 2010.

    Buying a news property is also not comparable to a merger of near equals.

The transformation has been very slow I believe. They didn't really intrude too much the first few years. But maybe I remember wrong.