The issue is whether it's bad for the customer, right?
There's the possibility that things could worsen, as there's the loss of competition. There's also the possibility things could improve, as there could be a concentration of effort on one product-suite rather than several.
I'm inclined to be optimistic in this case, as there's still competition from non-managed Mongo. If they go nuts with their price-point, people have the option to just dump them and manage their databases themselves.
They don't have proper lock-in, as the data can be exported with relatively little fuss. They earn their keep by delivering value to the customer month after month.
I think in all case I'm better when I can choose between mlab or Atlas than when I've no choice. The US has an history of allowing monopolies that I really can't understand, for exemple Facebook acquisitions or more recently, GitHub.
Maybe it's time to lauch a competitor, by starting new leveraging kubernetes or whatever new tools exists now and by benefiting the time they will spend merging products and teams.
There's the possibility that things could worsen, as there's the loss of competition. There's also the possibility things could improve, as there could be a concentration of effort on one product-suite rather than several.
I'm inclined to be optimistic in this case, as there's still competition from non-managed Mongo. If they go nuts with their price-point, people have the option to just dump them and manage their databases themselves.
They don't have proper lock-in, as the data can be exported with relatively little fuss. They earn their keep by delivering value to the customer month after month.