STM got acquired

[Luke]

Usually, I do not bring up STM in this forum since I consider them one of our main competitors. However, my friend Lorenzo (one of the STM owners) announced today that they got acquired:

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I have learned a lot from Lorenzo over the years and I have a ton of respect for him and what he's built.

It will be interesting to see what happens with STM after this acquisition. To me, this seems like a great sign for the industry. But, I look at most industry news with rose-colored glasses

I believe this makes affLIFT the only independently owned and bootstrapped forum in the industry. We have flexibility the other guys do not. We're going to use that to our advantage

I know some of the STM guys have affLIFT memberships so if they're reading this, congrats!

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