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Hey guys - thanks to HN folks for your support over the past couple of years. We owe no small part of our success to the community here - not just in getting you guys to use our products, but lots of other stuff that has helped our business along the way.

We're super thrilled to be a part of the Groupon team, it has been a great outcome for everyone.

I was going to answer the questions that I could but Thomas has answered all of them accurately for me anyway.

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How is being acquired by Groupon a great outcome for your customers? Your company that you put your heart and soul into is almost 100% guaranteed to die. It seems like a totally random and a bit of a silly purchase.

It seems little more than a developer acquisition which will result in feefighters shutting down in 3.....2.....1.....

EDIT: I shouldn't post when coming back drunk from the pub, but seriously, don't be proud about this, you sold out. This is like seeing your favourite band sign to Sony. If acquistion was your end goal then gratz.

I agree that GP's "great outcome for everyone" is probably a bit empty, but there's no shame in an acquisition, and "selling out" is a bit of a naive term. They were a for-profit business and realized they could profit most by selling the company. Why this unnecessary delusion that every startup founder is directed solely by a divine inner light?

I am a fee fighters "customer" and I don't really give a shit whether they are acquired. They sent me to gravity payments, who gave me an awesome deal that I wouldn't have known about except for HN and FeeFighters. I am happy now. I am drunk as well, so I'll be the first one to toast the team at FeeFigherts.

FeeFighers biggest weakness is that no one has ever heard of them. Groupon can fix that problem with almost no effort.

I'd like for my favorite band(s) to sign to big labels and hopefully become rich. Sure, if they are going the route of bigger labels, I'd perhaps prefer them to sign with an established indie label before something like Sony, but it is still better than them remaining unknown. It's sad when I know some of my favorite bands of yesteryear never financially made much from the bands work.

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