When you exit a project, does it matter who the buyer is and its future?

A few years ago, I got into a company that had been on the market around for 7 years and was a bit of a love brand among open source apps.

Then the company was bought by an Israeli company and I saw how the quality of the apps, the way they were managed and the monetization model went downhill.

From a set of popular apps, suddenly hate started on Reddit and no one recommends them.

I only worked on the project for 6 months, but I still found the genesis of this story quite sad.

At the same time, I understand that it is a product and the founder has to depersonalize himself... but still...

• If you exited a project, would you care what name and reputation it would have after the buyout?

• Do you know similar stories to this one? (and maybe also some with a happy ending? (Let's not have a depressing weekend.) 😀