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Another private equity firm acquires Threema (www.privacyguides.org)
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Swiss encrypted messaging app Threema has agreed to be acquired by Comitis Capital, a German private equity firm, as of January 11, 2026

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[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 19 points 1 week ago

Proprietary software will always end up this way. The only sustainable software ecosystems are FOSS.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here goes the circle of life, enshittification stage.. :(

[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

It doesn't have started yet, let's keep some hopium :)