The 5 Dumbest Company Buyouts in History

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @cruddy_cactus8713
    @cruddy_cactus8713 3 роки тому +3133

    ⚠️TRADE OFFER⚠️
    YOU RECIEVE: Nothing lol
    I RECIEVE: A heart from atrioc

    • @soledieairvideos5974
      @soledieairvideos5974 3 роки тому +144

      It worked PogU

    • @soledieairvideos5974
      @soledieairvideos5974 3 роки тому +52

      @Mana Shield true maybe he will be Atrioc’s future updated “Greatest Acquisitions in History”

    • @SmoothTurtle840
      @SmoothTurtle840 3 роки тому +10

      I mean, you’ve spammed enough comments on Atrioc’s videos that you were bound to get a heart at some point lol

    • @SmoothTurtle840
      @SmoothTurtle840 3 роки тому +3

      @Mana Shield I like to prioritize uniqueness over quantity when it comes to commenting/replying. But that hasn’t even worked out lol

    • @AltraHapi
      @AltraHapi 3 роки тому +5

      My man is one of the best negotiators of this century

  • @Rucarlos
    @Rucarlos 2 роки тому +402

    Fun fact, the Nokia CEO who sold the company to MS, was a former MS exec. He tanked Nokia's stock by 62% in his 2 years as CEO, sold the company to their old boss while pocketing an 18 million bonus and got hired back by MS

    • @JohnSmith-ox3gy
      @JohnSmith-ox3gy 6 місяців тому

      Nokia was an inside job.

    • @BilboB
      @BilboB 3 місяці тому +21

      How is that not illegal

    • @PointsofData
      @PointsofData 2 місяці тому +7

      ​@@BilboB
      MS consented

    • @gwop827
      @gwop827 7 днів тому

      @@BilboB Raegan

  • @Athesies
    @Athesies 3 роки тому +2978

    Finally atrioc has solved the mystery of why all the porn disappeared off tumblr, truly this is one of the greatest discoveries of our generation

    • @OneBee-bm9lh
      @OneBee-bm9lh 3 роки тому +3

      LULW

    • @atherofthevoid
      @atherofthevoid 3 роки тому +32

      I miss tumblr porn

    • @catethps
      @catethps 3 роки тому +8

      @@atherofthevoid it's there these days

    • @Despamifier
      @Despamifier 3 роки тому +30

      @@catethps But the mantle is long gone

    • @TheMAZZTer
      @TheMAZZTer 2 роки тому +41

      We already knew it was because of Yahoo, interesting to know the internal reasons though.

  • @notur1angel
    @notur1angel 3 роки тому +1030

    One of my favorite internet memories is being on tumblr during the time of the Yahoo acquisition and every single Tumblr user was making memes because we all knew how much of a dogshit stupid deal it was lmaoooooo

    • @notur1angel
      @notur1angel 3 роки тому +59

      im about to put some 7 year old Tumblr posts in the discord LMAOOOO

    • @isaacdiaz7245
      @isaacdiaz7245 3 роки тому +6

      @@notur1angel waiting on them lol

    • @notur1angel
      @notur1angel 3 роки тому +16

      @@isaacdiaz7245 they're on the shitposting channel on Atrioc's discord

    • @csr050
      @csr050 3 роки тому +3

      How stupid did you say?

  • @Jmazz
    @Jmazz 3 роки тому +630

    ONCE AGAIN GREAT EDITING QUACK Drake: Drake

    • @jaybm1560
      @jaybm1560 3 роки тому +40

      Get off your burner quack

    • @2coolcase572
      @2coolcase572 3 роки тому +15

      Quack we get it you have multiple accounts, everyone knows you’re the best already

    • @drakethefool6159
      @drakethefool6159 3 роки тому +4

      Please sir why does everyone say Drake I’m freaking out

  • @steveaguay
    @steveaguay 2 роки тому +98

    The motorola take is such a bad take. it was bought mostly for the patents they own. It was never about the phones they were going to make.

  • @evalive6775
    @evalive6775 3 роки тому +635

    Every company that buys or tries to buy tumblr sells it on for a comical loss, which is truly the best thing about tumblr,
    With the google acquisition of Motorola they ended up getting a bunch of Pog staff and patents so idk if it was actually that bad.
    also good job Quack!

    • @MrMR-sk8jm
      @MrMR-sk8jm 3 роки тому +46

      It's funny, because now Motorola makes pretty good phones. lol.

    • @ninojanjeremygo463
      @ninojanjeremygo463 2 роки тому +8

      I currently using Motorola Moto g fast. It's nice/fine... many features, quick access gestures.

    • @ViennaDarlingvd
      @ViennaDarlingvd 2 роки тому +4

      I think Motorolas phones used to be fantastic - I had one of their cheaper models In 2014 and it was great, I dropped it all the time and at one point smashed it into a brick wall with force and the thing hardly dented - screen uncracked! Then they started moving everything overseas and the quality took a massive dive. When I bought a better modal in 2016 the screen cracked practically out of the box.

  • @BrianWiKleinschmidt
    @BrianWiKleinschmidt 3 роки тому +495

    To be fair, the only real reason Motorola was purchased by Google was because Samsung looked like they were going to try to make their own operating system. Who wouldn't like that so they bought Motorola to send the message " hey use Android or we're going to become serious competitors ". And it kind of worked. Samsung backed off and development of their own OS.

    • @KipTM
      @KipTM 2 роки тому +5

      For a bit but now there's news that they're doing it again

    • @varunnarain50
      @varunnarain50 2 роки тому +39

      Yessir, Google never cared about Motorola. When it came time to make the Pixel, Google poached almost all of HTC's smartphone department to make the Pixel.

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 2 роки тому +12

      @@KipTM But now Android is so integrated that it's gonna be much harder to get a decent market share

    • @KaitouKaiju
      @KaitouKaiju 2 роки тому +3

      Their OS was dogshit anyway and continues to live on in smart TVs

    • @GoodlyPenguin
      @GoodlyPenguin Рік тому +1

      And then all of Samsung's Galaxy OS's leaked out lol

  • @Jake.Spinogatti
    @Jake.Spinogatti 3 роки тому +316

    No one knows how long it took to get to the top 5 live

    • @effay9
      @effay9 3 роки тому +45

      UA-cam frogs missing the other half of the top 10 list PepeLaugh

    • @sapphirestar22
      @sapphirestar22 3 роки тому +4

      That was the better part of the stream

    • @shotgotit_
      @shotgotit_ 3 роки тому +6

      Fucking Snapple... holy shit

  • @bobstevenson3130
    @bobstevenson3130 3 роки тому +639

    The three cardinal rules of history:
    1. Don’t pay off national debts by printing more money
    2. Don’t invade Russia in the winter
    3. Don’t buy a company with the hope of competing with the iPhone

    • @ginpotion2412
      @ginpotion2412 2 роки тому +30

      The third one is weird because some companies are defeating the iPhone in poor countries. Oppo and Redmi are killing it in Africa

    • @BlackTearsYT
      @BlackTearsYT 2 роки тому +19

      @@ginpotion2412 What you're really getting at is it can done to great effect if you do a smarter buy. Google buying Android has obviously been great and they're crushing iPhones in terms of global market share. Microsoft showed a lot of hubris in their approach and it killed their mobile platform.

    • @zeitgeistx5239
      @zeitgeistx5239 2 роки тому

      Ummm #2 is a meme for people ignorant of history, because a certain country did successfully defeat Russia during winter.

    • @S3Cs4uN8
      @S3Cs4uN8 2 роки тому +8

      @@zeitgeistx5239 Several states and kingdoms have, most notably: The Mongols.

    • @ErenCS2
      @ErenCS2 Рік тому +2

      @@zeitgeistx5239 ummm #2 is actually a meme that is supose to be a joke 🤓

  • @11DNA11
    @11DNA11 3 роки тому +94

    I had a Lumia 925 from 2013 to 2021.
    No cracks on the screen. Had it in my pocket, while doing constructionwork throughout those years.
    Most durable damn phone i've ever had. STILL works.

    • @bransonallen2925
      @bransonallen2925 2 роки тому +16

      Yeah idk what the fuck he was talking about with "Nokia makes bad phones"

    • @11DNA11
      @11DNA11 2 роки тому +8

      @@bransonallen2925
      He's all about that iPhone, which is by far the worst piece of shit i've ever laid eyes on.

    • @yurilopes420
      @yurilopes420 2 роки тому +3

      @@11DNA11 wow, nice take lmao
      nokias are fucking insane. also idk if Brandon is a real. boomer but I remember Nokia fucking innovating a bunch of shit. the 3310s still work, every single one to this day, and who doesn't remember fucking Nokia xpress music or whatever it was called? like the phones with he volume and play buttons on the side, pretty much a phone mp3 player.. how ahead of the game were they? and the phones were fucking gorgeous, too, slide up and down with the blue or red middle part.. everyone who had one of those was bigger than God, bigger than Motorola V3 havers
      meanwhile. iPhone revolutionized the smartphone market and said "ok we're just memeing from now on, no longer innovating, ok? we'll become the ferrari/Walmart of phones, ubiquitous and at the same time exclusive" and now. it's what we see, past like 20 years and still the same phone
      Nokia is the shit, windows OS was a misstep but that's about it

  • @reagangray9137
    @reagangray9137 3 роки тому +1348

    Professor Ewing, I’m on time for class 🤗

    • @nousername8162
      @nousername8162 3 роки тому +27

      Thank you for your wisdom gaming panda

    • @tag7137
      @tag7137 3 роки тому +13

      @@nousername8162 thank you for your wisdom, No Username

    • @rij3142
      @rij3142 3 роки тому +6

      @@tag7137 thank you for your wisdom tag

    • @SmoothTurtle840
      @SmoothTurtle840 3 роки тому +6

      If I took either a marketing or economics class that was taught by Atrioc, I’d become a 5Head in just a few weeks.

    • @Martin-tv7hr
      @Martin-tv7hr 3 роки тому +3

      Holy shit atrioc economy class would be fire

  • @jacopo244
    @jacopo244 3 роки тому +126

    getting ads on an Atrioc videos feels like a suprise exam

    • @DesTr069
      @DesTr069 3 роки тому +1

      LOOOOOOOL good one 😂😂

  • @sethcawley12
    @sethcawley12 3 роки тому +207

    the tumblr buyout was futile from the start. The culture of tumblr that existed outside the porn have a site wide agreement to be as hostile to add space as possible in an attempt to keep the space as chaotic as possible

    • @Shythalia
      @Shythalia 2 роки тому +50

      I've only been on Tumblr for a few years but from what I've read on that site, people on Tumblr bullied a few celebrities into leaving Tumblr and they would do it again. lmao

    • @nooshstuff
      @nooshstuff 2 роки тому +34

      Tumblr's format just doesn't allow for algorithms and advertisers and that's what made it the best social media

    • @sethcawley12
      @sethcawley12 2 роки тому +4

      @@Shythalia depends on the celeb but 100%

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 Рік тому

      @@sethcawley12
      john green cock moment

    • @appalachiabrauchfrau
      @appalachiabrauchfrau Рік тому +1

      @@nooshstuff the second it becomes profitable they'd try to pull bs like algo based dashboards, I'm glad it's a deathtrap for investors. It stays "okay" for us because of it.

  • @alexandershu840
    @alexandershu840 2 роки тому +60

    Google buying motorola wasn't too bad, they intimidated Samsung into sticking to using google platforms on their phones, and even after google sold motorola they held on to a lot of their patents and other intellectual properties iirc

  • @Erfanh1995
    @Erfanh1995 2 роки тому +91

    I'm not a Nokia fan but from a product manager's point of view, Microsoft actually destroyed Nokia by forcing them to use their crappy OS with no good SDK and app development support. If Nokia was not that stubborn to let go of Symbian and adopted Android instead, their hardware could actually dominate the market. They used to make long-lasting phones; even their Lumia phones were pretty solid but they lost their fan base because of Windows and now it's too late for them to make android phones.

    • @Jokervision744
      @Jokervision744 2 роки тому

      I might be crazy, but maybe that's why the phones felt better in my hands.
      All these "new" producers and products feel off.

    • @krystofmikulasstys7852
      @krystofmikulasstys7852 Рік тому +5

      The OS was good, just the app support was terrible.

    • @Jartran72
      @Jartran72 2 місяці тому

      @@Jokervision744 Not crazy just way too old.

    • @KINGPINm22
      @KINGPINm22 27 днів тому

      Nokia 6 android was OP

  • @actualnotanewbie
    @actualnotanewbie 2 роки тому +46

    The fascinating thing about Microsoft making the Windows Phone is that it actually revolutionized user interfaces and pushed everyone towards simplified logos

    • @michaelboyle7281
      @michaelboyle7281 Рік тому +6

      I think they also did well with sellng those phones to companies/government, basically if you got a work specific phone it would be windows. When I was in foster care every single employee had a Windows Phone to use for work only. I think that may be why they were used for that, more simple in nature

    • @someguy4915
      @someguy4915 Рік тому

      @@michaelboyle7281 Had never heard of any company using Windows Phone before your comment, back then most were stuck on Blackberry due to the BIS software and features that would take the iPhone another 15 years to equal and the rest of companies were using various Android phones, mostly HTC back then, a handful of Nokia Symbian phones too.

  • @xxlordushankaxx4591
    @xxlordushankaxx4591 3 роки тому +100

    This, this is a Actually Factual MARKETING MOMENT 🥶🥶🥶

  • @foxythegod28
    @foxythegod28 Рік тому +146

    Crazy how in a year and a half, Elon made these buyouts look like solid investments

    • @T0NI_
      @T0NI_ Рік тому +9

      Well Elon’s “oopsie” would still only be too 3 here lol, but it certainly feels worse than that

    • @foxythegod28
      @foxythegod28 Рік тому

      @@T0NI_ 20Bn with the potential to lose 40bn plus interest paid is still crazy

  • @lordbananarama9750
    @lordbananarama9750 3 роки тому +40

    Shout out to the guy in chat who said VINE when Atrioc asked what was happening in 2007-2008

  • @joshthompson8327
    @joshthompson8327 3 роки тому +90

    Atrioc does a hiccup of laughter after every sentence and I can't unhear it

    • @AMMARvx
      @AMMARvx 2 роки тому +1

      omgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

    • @djglass7883
      @djglass7883 2 роки тому +1

      My brain HURTSSSS

    • @devoscape589
      @devoscape589 Рік тому +2

      Dudes DEFINITELY high in this video

    • @danielmallory4687
      @danielmallory4687 6 місяців тому +1

      In 13 20 he does the goofy laugh

  • @DougDahlman
    @DougDahlman 3 роки тому +108

    old school internet makes me Madge

  • @bleachshake666
    @bleachshake666 3 роки тому +98

    Damn dude when are we gonna get a Marketing Monday. Like I mean we never get them. Sad Sheeesh🥶😥🥶

  • @CriticalKunic
    @CriticalKunic 2 роки тому +14

    I think people forget just how forward thinking AOL was, and how quickly they stopped being that way. I remember as a kid in 1996 that I could download mods for DOOM off AOL's gaming section. Yeah, sound packs, levels, etc. They were super forward thinking and then let greed get to them.

  • @shotofop
    @shotofop 3 роки тому +27

    Motorola isn't that bad. I think the mistake was selling for 2 bill cause they have continued to grow to this day since then.

  • @willyuen9684
    @willyuen9684 3 роки тому +102

    Man does not get enough credit, legit one of the most entertaining people on twitch

  • @Lorem_64
    @Lorem_64 3 роки тому +152

    The Tumblr acquisition was amazing because as soon as they bought it we all know it was a dogshit idea, and we all started to try tank the sites value as much as we could

    • @abbie_joan
      @abbie_joan Рік тому

      yeah Tumblr users intentionally tanking its sales out of spite and doing black outs to fuck up Yahoo's acquisition was just...real teamwork and now Yahoo just leaves Tumblr alone bc they know what will happen if they fuck with the website

    • @ilya8864
      @ilya8864 Рік тому

      Why though? Why would you tank it if it was already dogshit?

  • @johnnytsunami420
    @johnnytsunami420 2 роки тому +36

    Tumblr is really the only true social media platform left honestly. There's no longer any chance of revenue gain from ads so companies mass branding or celebrities don't exist there. It's literally just memes, fights, kinda interesting stuff, and soft core porn. Any ads that are put on tumblr are the strangest niche ads in the world and are mostly indistinguishable from a shitpost. It's poorly built and has a lot of frustrating functions. There's not even a structured way for people to form groups or collaborations (e.g. subreddits, fbook groups) which, in a way, is an ok thing bc it doesn't give a way for people of shared interests to group together, good or bad (e.g. incels). But it's, I think the closest platform that's probably what social media was intended to be.

    • @PointsofData
      @PointsofData 2 місяці тому +1

      Late af but tumblr also has a massive issue with how easy it is to fall down rabbit holes. Groups absolutely form, they follow each other and repost stuff. It's common to even have specific accounts for specific things (art, personal, roleplay, fandom, etc). I fell down a self harm encouragement hole (did not do it myself at the time but resonated with the messaging unfortunately) where they viewed it as a kind of art form. I can't recall if I saw it or heard of it, but there were eating disorder encouragement groups as well, who used terms like "thinspo" (thin inspiration) and encouraged each other to not listen to their family's concerns. Some people even shared one account and would indicate in the post who was talking. Plus, unless tumblr changed after I left, there was NO way to block content before it came up on your dashboard bar unfollowing someone completely, and since the majority of accounts on tumblr are personal you never know what someone's going to suddenly repost. Tags are a thing but entirely dependant upon the reposter, you don't HAVE to tag your posts.
      Tumblr can be a great place if you're very careful who you follow but even then...I was on tumblr when Charlottesville happened and against my consent, I was forced to be updated on every little thing happening, including accounts of people in the riots and the fact the sheriff and his family had been doxxed (pictures of his family reposted to tumblr). 99% of my posts were about Charlottesville and I could do nothing to clear my feed or block it, and if you complained about the flood of content you got scolded because if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem, or something (tumblr in general had a very bad issue with brigading people over politics, at least back then, to the point it circles back around to be racist or sexist; for example, telling a middle class white girl she can't possibly have depression because she's middle class and white.) Anyway, I left tumblr because of all of that.
      I've heard some features have been added or changed but from what I've seen it's very minimal. Maybe you can stick to your own lane easier now but...Tumblr is on par with Twitter for me, tbh. Never going back.

    • @Jartran72
      @Jartran72 2 місяці тому

      @@PointsofData Yeah it does not sound like social media is good for your mental health. Just stay away from it all and stay heathy.

  • @keawoodw
    @keawoodw 3 роки тому +41

    I had a windows phone, it was actually awesome hardware and had a really nice UI. Unfortunately no app support at all. Not even a native UA-cam or Snapchat client

    • @captaindred342
      @captaindred342 3 роки тому +3

      So it was basically a total repeat of their awesome MP3 player.... lulz MS never learns do they?

    •  2 роки тому +9

      they were the best experience but their app store was shit. they should have doubled down on the app store and crushed android, the phones were truly incredible. i kept one to try some stuff on and it's fucking smoother than most 6 month-old androids. truly great technology, just bad software compatibility

    • @FuckThePopulation.
      @FuckThePopulation. Рік тому

      Awh man I wish you knew about sideloading apps I had UA-cam and Snapchat but snap chat would crash time to time

  • @11DNA11
    @11DNA11 3 роки тому +13

    Just to point it out...
    Nokia had the first "modern" smartphone years before anyone else even thought about it.
    How do i know this? Because i saw the prototype when i was working at Nokia.

  • @Some_Awe
    @Some_Awe 3 роки тому +18

    I wheezed when the guy said no to amazon stocks. Cherry on top 🍒

  • @goosekerr5985
    @goosekerr5985 3 роки тому +18

    Countrywide: “It’s called we do a little trolling, we do a little trolling, yep, we do a little trolling”

  • @chicken3893
    @chicken3893 3 роки тому +109

    Oh boy Big A! Can’t wait for number 3 (heard it’s a crazy pick!)

    • @cruddy_cactus8713
      @cruddy_cactus8713 3 роки тому +4

      @_Eggs imo I think number 4 was the craziest pick

    • @inotjaden8807
      @inotjaden8807 3 роки тому +6

      @@cruddy_cactus8713 you're severely overlooking how crazy the 5th pick was! My oh my was I loling out loud!

    • @cruddy_cactus8713
      @cruddy_cactus8713 3 роки тому +3

      @@inotjaden8807 true true true I’ll give you that but I still think 4th is indeed the craziest pick it had me rolling on the floor!

    • @zpushz
      @zpushz 3 роки тому +2

      Atriocs alt?

  • @gg1bbs
    @gg1bbs Рік тому +4

    2 years too late, but if I remember right, Motorola had a very productive r&d department with a bunch of patents relevant to smartphones.
    When Google sold, they retained the parents and effectively set up mutually assured destruction to shut down any legal challenge apple could mount against Android.

  • @TheNitram8
    @TheNitram8 3 роки тому +13

    Companies like google have so much cash that they can pretty much throw it at anything hoping it'll stick.

  • @hritwikpal1651
    @hritwikpal1651 Рік тому +9

    At this point, I know what he did was wrong, but I miss him.

  • @CrimsonScrewdriver
    @CrimsonScrewdriver 3 роки тому +16

    Shoutout to all the real ones who were still watching this live even as the subathon ended. Kind of lame to see the chat blow up at the end, but big A still ended it strong

  • @Holthis
    @Holthis 3 роки тому +18

    One of the best Marketing Mondays and we all know it’s because it was filmed on a Tuesday

  • @brianlayden4625
    @brianlayden4625 3 роки тому +17

    this man looks like he gets absolutely fried before stream

  • @RiverM8rix
    @RiverM8rix Рік тому +1

    Regarding the windows phone, my mom had the Sprint Instinct, which was an early attempt at an iPhone killer in 2008. It worked, but it was in that same fugue state that all touch screen phones were in at the time, where there was no broad android OS to run everything on, no App Store or equivalent and importantly, was in the early days of mobile web architecture. That meant that websites didn’t yet detect whether you were accessing their page from a mobile device, and buttons on pages didn’t exist yet. To do anything, you had to find the hyperlinks, pinch to zoom, and click.
    It wasn’t a bad phone per say, but there was clearly things it lacked that made competing with Apple impossible.

  • @nikosuomela8522
    @nikosuomela8522 3 роки тому +7

    my dad worked at BoA when they bought countrywide... wasnt a fun time

  • @flashrun85
    @flashrun85 2 роки тому +4

    I actually had a nokia lumina. Can confirm came with the standard nokia screen. Was able to throw it across a entire basketball court no case, not even a scratch

  • @tateevans1767
    @tateevans1767 3 роки тому +5

    I love the absolute glee in Big A's face when he is playing the Time Warner AOL clip.

  • @hithereimjack2252
    @hithereimjack2252 3 роки тому +13

    My new obsession is this channel. Loving Atrioc's content. That little laugh he has between every sentence cracks me up.

  • @ArgzeroYT
    @ArgzeroYT Місяць тому +1

    9:46 - a strangle is a bet on presence of or lack of volatility - it has no directionality unless the count of put vs call or price of put vs call is different.

  • @jonas1015119
    @jonas1015119 3 роки тому +4

    found that analysts Linkedin lol
    "Job included seeking early-stage opportunities as well as established players in the Internet industry and providing IPO and secondary financings. Wrote in-depth investment reports on public stage companies (e.g. Yahoo!, Amazon, Ebay, etc.)" He "left" Bear Stearns in 2000 and doesnt list another job until 2008, I wonder if that had to do with anything

  • @danlorett2184
    @danlorett2184 3 роки тому +8

    The Bear Stearns guy wasn't an idiot: he was literally just the more modern version of a boiler room telemarketer. All he's trying to do is get people to buy whatever because he wants the commission.

    • @JohnYoo39
      @JohnYoo39 Рік тому +1

      But then again, his call on Amazon was a "sell"

    • @alexs_toy_barn
      @alexs_toy_barn Місяць тому

      @@JohnYoo39depends on what his goal is as a stock picker, if he's trying to be good at his job, aka pick good stocks, then he failed. If he's trying to just get commissions, then he's great

  • @zache4821
    @zache4821 3 роки тому +10

    As a proud Finnish person I'm happy that we scammed Microsoft

  • @talyahr3302
    @talyahr3302 6 місяців тому +2

    I remember leaving tumblr because they got rid of the porn. It was never the same after. I never knew why they did it, until now. Imagine if Twitter did that. Lol.

  • @jmacleod99
    @jmacleod99 3 роки тому +5

    Honestly shocked at no mention of the Disney Parakyo acquisition

  • @perigin3
    @perigin3 Рік тому +3

    Might need to remake this one with a certain 40 billion purchase

  • @RungoTungo
    @RungoTungo 3 роки тому +18

    Happy birthday atrioc!

  • @lolkingftw4804
    @lolkingftw4804 Рік тому +1

    i actually had a windows phone, there was a bug where plane mode turned on for some reason and decided to never turn off again. never, even after factory resetting it. wasnt able to call at all. BUT i did throw it at the wall once, 0 damage done to the phone and actually chipped the wall

  • @primal9238
    @primal9238 Рік тому +1

    Yeah, a lot of the "Sharks" on Shark Tank made their fortune by basically scamming other people into buying their company for insane evaluations when they weren't worth a fraction of that. A lot of the business people we tout as being highly successful have failed their way to that success. Successful people aren't superior to the average person. It's all usually just luck and nepotism.

  • @1draigon
    @1draigon Рік тому +3

    1.1 Billion with tumblr seems so cheap now that we have Twitter
    I mean X

  • @asschezch
    @asschezch 2 місяці тому +3

    good video, just cannot deal with the constant "kuhuck"

  • @BedroomPianist
    @BedroomPianist 2 роки тому +1

    17:41 The man in the news clip was not Ted Turner, but Gerald Levin. Ted Turner founded CNN and AOL, and lost about 5-8 billion of his net worth following the AOL merger-crash. Levin (the dude in the clip) became virtually unhirable following his huge mistake, despite at one point being one of the most powerful people in the media business.

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium 10 місяців тому +1

    I've never used a Windows Phone, but based on the reviews I read it had a good interface and good UX. The problem is that developers weren't writing apps for it. Everything was iOS and Android. If this product and OS had come out after iOS but before Android, it might have been received better by the public and developers.

  • @Aquelll
    @Aquelll 2 роки тому +3

    Microsoft only bought out Nokias phone business. Nokia is still a huge global network equipment company. Funny thing is that Nokia has now licensed their phone brand to another Finnish company HMD Global which went back to basic and they make pretty good Android phones under Nokia brand. I own their XR20 which is one you can throw at a wall or drop in a beer glass without damaging it and I have been very happy with mine. Don't like bulking up my phone with covers so works great for me.😅

  • @AltraHapi
    @AltraHapi 3 роки тому +16

    Atrioc is a hidden gem of youtube, you earned yourself a new sub :)

    • @AltraHapi
      @AltraHapi Місяць тому

      Best subscription of my life :D

  • @ebrdsht
    @ebrdsht 3 роки тому +3

    to give everyone who doesn't use tumblr an idea, they had been making fun of yahoo for trying to buy it since they announced they were going to. everyone who uses that website knew it was a bad idea, so when they bought it the site was just full of memes shitting on them

  • @Dimnd_Hnd
    @Dimnd_Hnd Рік тому +3

    45 Billion for a company thats hardly worth 5 billion 🐦

  • @luin6788
    @luin6788 3 роки тому +9

    aight ive been on tumblr for years and ill be real, it got better post-porn. it was like excising a malignant tumor via decapitation, except that tumor crawled out of tumblr's rolling head and moved onto twitter, tiktok, and reddit. the vocal minority of truly horrible discourse has been reduced to a whisper, a faint echo in between fanart and pretty decent memes.
    is tumblr a shadow of its former self? a horribly broken platform in every way? absolutely. would i have it any other way? absolutely not.

  • @Jpsalm91
    @Jpsalm91 3 роки тому +2

    Scott Eherens, the contrarians hero

  • @mbrenneman0411
    @mbrenneman0411 2 роки тому +1

    windows phone was actually really good right up until they killed it with the 8.1 update because the update wasnt compatible with the existing apps and no one wanted to remake their apps for such a small market

  • @Boo_Yeah
    @Boo_Yeah 3 місяці тому +1

    I think Google bought Motorola specifically to get Motorola's patents and collect the royalties on them that everyone was using as well as help with the Pixel development. Not so much for Motorola to make them a phone.

  • @moto2442
    @moto2442 8 місяців тому +2

    I actually had both Microsoft phone and a Motorola in this era.

  • @ryankim6638
    @ryankim6638 3 роки тому +3

    I just love the hobnob guy in chat at 6:56 who's all like I HAVE A MOTOROLA and is freaking out 🤣

  • @TheClanFollows
    @TheClanFollows 3 роки тому

    Broadcast but with a membership scheme that’s a little pricey but intended for twitch streamers to be able to stream music would be an amazing business idea.
    Imagine like a 200-300$ a year license.
    Big streamers are basically advertising your site, your PR online is insane, and you have added revenue to entice the music industry to sign a contract that allows people to re-stream music by proxy if paying for this premium service
    That way streamers can pick a station, but not the songs. So they couldn’t just abuse that access to play solely 21 savage or solely queen. Plus I don’t mind someone talking between songs I actually like it

  • @exploderwrestlingpodcast2721

    The winner of the AOL-Time Warner merger? Former president of professional wrestling promotion WCW, Eric Bischoff. He was released from his contract in late 1999 AFTER he acquired stock from the coming merger. No longer working for WCW/Time Warner, he HAD TO cash out his employee stock. He did and made millions RIGHT BEFORE the merger went to hell and the stock became worthless. He got fired and became an accidental millionaire because people above him screwed up.

  • @ansoncole3857
    @ansoncole3857 3 роки тому +3

    I called my friends to tell them about the new tumblr lore, I didn’t know that very entertaining thank you CEO Brandon “Ewing” Atrioc

  • @Newtination
    @Newtination 3 роки тому +1

    Atroic playing a video older than a minority of his audience at 4:32 haha. 01/24/06, a relic of golden age UA-cam.

  • @Newloveslowdeath
    @Newloveslowdeath 3 роки тому +1

    Atrioc says that tumblr was killed when that's not true , as an avid tumblr user of many years i can tell you we're still here the only difference being most of the freak sex perverts left tumblr with the advent of the porn ban to head over to Twitter.
    As a zoomer who's grown up on Tumblr I can tell you that is by far the best social media platform to be on right now ( a very low bar I'll admit) and its the best it's ever been.
    Tumblr has become a group of people with extremely niche interests who aren't easy to advertise to and are not kind to outsiders , as if we were all old men sitting on our porches with a shot gun.
    So when they ask you to bring out your dead just know we're still here.

    • @Newloveslowdeath
      @Newloveslowdeath 3 роки тому

      Still a dog water acquisition on yahoo's part tho LMAO

    • @revolvingworld2676
      @revolvingworld2676 2 роки тому

      Tumblr is the new myspace, it's still around but nobody is using it.

  • @MrMR-sk8jm
    @MrMR-sk8jm 3 роки тому +4

    It's kinda funny. Now that Lenovo owns Motorola, they actually produce relatively good quality phones.

  • @MetalHips
    @MetalHips 2 роки тому +2

    im mostly sad because i grew up sinking time into Diablo, its the only game my group really got together for in recent years (we are older now). Was looking forward to D4 good or bad.

  • @ronanhardy8824
    @ronanhardy8824 Рік тому +25

    And then came Musk

  • @johns1307
    @johns1307 3 роки тому +2

    Just goes to show that losing everything you think you have is nowhere near the worst thing you can lose

  • @parthbansal2775
    @parthbansal2775 2 роки тому +2

    "Maybe you remember something that happened in the 2007-2208, this economic thing"
    Some 5head troll in the chat: "The Hulk Movie?"

    • @revolvingworld2676
      @revolvingworld2676 2 роки тому

      I especially remember the tines around 2100, good times...

  • @MaxGuides
    @MaxGuides 3 роки тому +2

    but BoA bought countrywide in an attempt to cook their own books and it worked. BoA mortgage backed securities and derivatives there of made more than $800B dollars internationally in-between buying countrywide and the market collapse.

  • @snakkattakk
    @snakkattakk Рік тому +2

    He should totally remake this list and add the musk Twitter purchase

  • @sarjannarwan6896
    @sarjannarwan6896 Місяць тому

    Motorola was actually one of the best purchases ever. They got a giant patent portfolio and it allowed them to defend themselves from apple/microsoft lawsuits (one of which had already cost them 1.5 billion).

  • @zennnnnn
    @zennnnnn 3 роки тому +3

    mondays have gone from the worst day of the week to the best due to marketing monday

  • @Jokervision744
    @Jokervision744 2 роки тому

    I hate how Nokia was just blown into pieces... It's almost like something is missing from this world when there is no Nokia.

  • @jjjjj8455
    @jjjjj8455 3 роки тому +1

    A kid in my PreCalc led this mic unmuted and you could here this vid playing, nice one Big A

  • @lucasterling
    @lucasterling 3 роки тому +1

    Motorola force z2, was my favorite phone. I dropped it into a toilet once and off the second story of my apartment twice( smoking 🚬 over the ledge) worked great for 2 years

  • @Brayness
    @Brayness 3 місяці тому

    The strategy Mark Cuban used is a collar, not a strangle. A collar is the equivalent of selling your stock, but using options so you're not actually selling the stock

  • @unrimmed
    @unrimmed 3 роки тому +1

    Don't disrespect my boy Windows Phone like that

  • @yann_ma
    @yann_ma 3 роки тому +2

    I went from only clicking on marketing mondays to clicking on an Atrioc vid not even knowing it was a marketing monday

  • @yousefbahia6649
    @yousefbahia6649 Рік тому +3

    this video needs an update

  • @angrycoach1126
    @angrycoach1126 3 роки тому +8

    Glad to see the new 🥶Marketing Monday🥶 Big A 💸💸💸 Keep up the vids and you'll be at 💯k real soon

    • @HakanSMFS
      @HakanSMFS 3 роки тому +1

      I think you mean that tarkiting Tuesday

  • @Stereotypical_Cat
    @Stereotypical_Cat 3 роки тому +1

    Losing the porn of tumblr surely was one of the greatest downfall of the entire rule34 community.

  • @YokoSpaghetti
    @YokoSpaghetti 3 роки тому +1

    Had a friend with a Nokia windows phone. He got laughed at by everyone else.

  • @khirasier
    @khirasier 11 місяців тому +1

    honestly microsoft phones werent bad it was a problem of the microsoft phones having like no apps that apple and android phones had

  • @averylarsen2511
    @averylarsen2511 3 роки тому +1

    I used a windows phone for a short stretch of time and I can just tell you, it was.. not great. Umm.. turns out taking the cumbersome and obtuse windows eight and putting it on a 6 inch screen made ya kinda wanna huck the thing into a wall at times.

  • @mrdavman13
    @mrdavman13 4 місяці тому

    Well Scott Ehrens was an analyst for bear stearns, which famously imploded

  • @lundkvistaren
    @lundkvistaren 3 роки тому +1

    I had a windows phone once. It lasted two weeks before I yeeted it into a lake and bought an iPhone

  • @smurfadoodlethewise4584
    @smurfadoodlethewise4584 Рік тому +4

    I'm sure there won't be a company buyout any worse than these down the line

  • @taht_dg
    @taht_dg Рік тому

    High key, what if some company bought the rights to Nokia and not only resurrected the brand and started producing phones, but also resurrected the unbreakable phone meme onto Tik Tok and other social media, producing a very high quality and close to indestructible phone that would use the meme to kickstart a massive ad campaign that would hopefully push them into relevancy

  • @bradenstevenson1282
    @bradenstevenson1282 3 роки тому +2

    It feels like so long since he uploaded a marketing Monday man

  • @brandonbrown7713
    @brandonbrown7713 2 роки тому +5

    Musk buying Twitter tops this list if made today

    • @sarthak-ti
      @sarthak-ti 2 роки тому +1

      probably not tops, but it's up there for sure