Jan Penfrat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ngo/@somo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>somo</span></a></span> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalMergersWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMergersWatch</span></a> have created a comprehensive, publicly available database of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/mergers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mergers</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/acquisitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acquisitions</span></a> by <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>. 👏 </p><p>Their data shows that Big Tech has acquired at least 191 companies globally between 2019 and 2025: on average, one every eleven days. 💰 Only two mergers have been blocked by authorities.</p><p>Nearly 67% of acquired companies shut down their own websites post-acquisition and sometimes stopped serving customers entirely.</p><p><a href="https://www.somo.nl/big-tech-mergers-acquisitions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">somo.nl/big-tech-mergers-acqui</span><span class="invisible">sitions/</span></a></p>