Yeah, it is portfolio-padding. I see this happen all of the time. Like, I see programs and other technological products start as newborn projects. It takes 1 - 3 years average to see them blossom, they have their big break and then somewhere down the road, the creator(s) are looking for buyers. Because they've made this project now with the means of profit so they can live a life worry-free from all of the years they worked developing said project.

And you know, I get it, I mean I'm not going to disagree with the principle. Don't we all want to live worry-free with money for the rest of our lives?

But I do also get a tinge of hatred towards some of them because of the hundreds to thousands and even millions of people that have believed in them to use their products faithfully. And now they're facing a new entity, god help us if it's someone from a private firm or someone who's a shareholder ass-kisser. Because now we're going to experience the dip and we'll be troubled with moving on or sticking with the shit that now has degraded because the whole thing is entirely for-profit.