Can any company survive on their own anymore? Need every one of them be absorbed by already oversized entities? Vine is nothing without a distribution method,

Can any company survive on their own anymore? Need every one of them be absorbed by already oversized entities? Vine is nothing without a distribution method, so that kind of acquisition makes sense. If Facebook turns to Shitbook, I really don't want SoundCloud impacted, because they're unassociated and can thrive independently.