“When the leaked email about a potential acquisition by CrowdStrike made the news, many of our customers were disappointed,” Walters said. “We saw a lot of comments on Reddit and LinkedIn, and the overwhelming consensus was that we should stay independent. That was a big vote of confidence for us, reaffirming our belief in our strategy to remain independent.”

Hours after the CSO exclusive on the potential deal went live, several users submitted their disapproval on Reddit. One wrote, “Oh god I hope not. Action1 is my personal RMM (remote monitoring and management) at this point”, while user another said, “This would be a great acquisition for CS, but will probably suck for a lot of us.”

Action1 users mostly feared the deal would see CrowdStrike taking apart some of their favorite Action1 offerings including free patch management for the first 100 endpoints. The users, on Reddit, unanimously agreed that CrowdStrike would probably put all free offerings behind a paywall. “RIP Action1, great product you will be missed!” one of them had written.