Most acquisitions fail. It's a difficult path unless it fits a very specific need.
Yet a common management / product strategy is to buy random companies as though they are ingredients of a dish and think it'll just work.
Digital Ocean to me has lost their core focus and appeal. They aren't upgrading their hardware, software and other crucial pieces of their infrastructure. There's been gimmicks, acquisitions and marketing.
Someone said the executives there don't believe they can compete with the big cloud providers and so are poking at different areas to see what works.
