It will be interest to watch what happens

Posted by mlsstl (A) on November 29, 2023 at 06:40:44

In Reply to: Exactly... posted by Ivan303 on November 29, 2023 at 05:51:11:

Harman bought Roon because they think they can make money with it. However, there are different ways that things can play out:

- Leave Roon to "do their own thing" and continue as-is
- Use the larger financial resources of Harman to dramatically improve things
- Do a classic acquisition move -- cut expenses to improve profit at the risk of stalling development and poorer customer service
- Make changes that leave prior lifetime subscribers behind (i.e., add new features that require annual payment, etc.)
- Decide to go more mass market and make changes that dramatically expand the customer base but leaves the original clients frustrated

That's hardly a complete list, plus various combinations of those options may happen, so as noted in the subject line, it will be interesting to watch what happens. Get your popcorn ready.

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Topic - Roon becoming Ruin? - Roseval 12:41:28 11/27/23 (20)

RE: Roon becoming Ruin? - fantja 23:19:06 12/01/23 (1)

RE: Roon becoming Ruin? - Cut-Throat 09:47:50 12/02/23 (0)

Lorde needs to do a song on it n/t - jedrider 11:38:50 11/30/23 (0)

Will Roon get into hardware? - Rod M 11:16:57 11/30/23 (4)

ROON Ready becomes Powered by ROON? - Ivan303 12:34:06 12/02/23 (1)

"Why would you even need ROON?" ...... Music Selection, which is it's Main Function ......nt - Cut-Throat 14:50:55 12/02/23 (0)

They make two turnkey "Nucleus" Roon servers - AbeCollins 13:38:53 11/30/23 (0)

RE: Will Roon get into hardware? - Roseval 12:33:30 11/30/23 (0)

The beginning? - creativepart 16:26:35 11/28/23 (1)

RE: The beginning? - AbeCollins 06:14:26 11/29/23 (0)

We'll have to wait and see.... - AbeCollins 12:48:57 11/28/23 (8)

Independent subsidiary? - Mike K 13:32:31 11/28/23 (7)

unfortunately privately held companies often exist mostly to benefit their stakeholders, too... - mhardy6647 17:46:34 12/11/23 (0)

extract maximum profit for the parent company and its shareholders. - ltman 14:58:48 12/02/23 (1)

RE: extract maximum profit for the parent company and its shareholders. - AbeCollins 15:59:36 12/03/23 (0)

RE: Independent subsidiary? - AbeCollins 22:00:39 11/28/23 (3)

Exactly... - Ivan303 05:51:11 11/29/23 (2)

It will be interest to watch what happens - mlsstl 06:40:44 11/29/23 (1)

RE: It will be interest to watch what happens - AbeCollins 07:32:56 11/29/23 (0)

Does not sound good ...- - maxim 13:57:22 11/27/23 (0)

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It will be interest to watch what happens - mlsstl 06:40:44 11/29/23 (1)

RE: It will be interest to watch what happens - AbeCollins 07:32:56 11/29/23 (0)

It will be interest to watch what happens

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