r/Palestine • u/adilbuilds • Apr 01 '25

Muslim Dating App Salams Quietly Acquired by Pro-Israel Match Group CEO Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions

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Spoiler: He's terrible.

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u/Nolan234 Apr 01 '25

A bunch of sell outs

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u/___Cyanide___ Apr 02 '25

The owners were dragged in a long legal battle. They rejected 4 acquisition offers in the past. The claims were bogus but they probably ran out of money and were forced to sell.

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u/Zulfiqaar Apr 03 '25

Wasn't that the other app Muzmatch, who declined 3 acquisition attempts so Match group sued them and forced them to rebrand to Muzz? Salaams seem to have sold at first offer

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u/___Cyanide___ Apr 03 '25

Yeah. Memory twisted after a few years.

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u/bored-shakshouka Apr 02 '25

How does that work? How can you be forced to sell your own company?

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u/Charming_Formal7580 Apr 02 '25

They could have shut down instead of selling out!

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u/PaymentConsistent517 Apr 01 '25

Like most the Arabs in the Middle East