Hm, is this good or bad? Usually acquisions (and IPOs) are bad for such services because the pressure towards profitability increases. In this case, it is at least a european (german) buyer and not american or chinese.
At best neutral, but apparently all the original Threema founders left already in 2024, and this PE firm is some sort of holding to obfuscate the real investors, which is not a good sign at all.
Im curious how they will make a profit from this app.
I see that encouraging people to use Signal is extremely difficult, but to the app which is paid one is even more… I was the first person in my circle who has Threema…
Hm, is this good or bad? Usually acquisions (and IPOs) are bad for such services because the pressure towards profitability increases. In this case, it is at least a european (german) buyer and not american or chinese.
At best neutral, but apparently all the original Threema founders left already in 2024, and this PE firm is some sort of holding to obfuscate the real investors, which is not a good sign at all.
Im curious how they will make a profit from this app.
I see that encouraging people to use Signal is extremely difficult, but to the app which is paid one is even more… I was the first person in my circle who has Threema…