What happened to sociomantic?

[bauss]

On Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 20:11:00 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 19:43:23 UTC, bauss wrote:
>> I can't seem to find any specifics on sociomantic closing 
>> other than the general stuff but what are the specifics behind 
>> the end of sociomantic?
>
> I have no inside information but my understanding is they got 
> bought by a bigger company years ago who wanted to preemptively 
> squash the competition. The only surprise to me is they took 
> this long to officially shut it down.
>
> Almost any time there's an acquisition like this it leads to 
> services being discontinued, brands retired, and workers being 
> laid off. It's more a question of "when", not "if".

Yeah that's what I thought and what I could figure out from 
researching.