https://ryanorban.com/categories/acquihire/Recent content in Acquihire on Ryan OrbanHugoen-usme@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)Ryan OrbanFri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://ryanorban.com/notes/sparrow-acquired-google/Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000me@ryanorban.com (Ryan Orban)https://ryanorban.com/notes/sparrow-acquired-google/<h3 id="summary" class="scroll-mt-8 group"> Summary <a href="#summary" class="no-underline hidden opacity-50 hover:opacity-100 !text-inherit group-hover:inline-block" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to this heading" tabindex="-1"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" class="lucide lucide-link w-4 h-4 block" viewBox="0 0 24 24" > <path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71" /> <path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71" /> </svg> </a> </h3> <p>In July 2012, Sparrow — the independently-developed Mac and iOS mail client widely regarded as the best email experience on either platform — was acquired by Google. The announcement was notable not for the acquisition itself but for what it revealed: the team was joining Google to work on something unspecified, and Sparrow would receive no more feature updates. Users who paid for the app were left with working software and no future.</p>