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I'd say it's a stronger signal that they're a smart company that knows when to say enough is enough. 900,000 is objectively a large number of users, but if thos
by username444 7y ago
I'd say it's a stronger signal that they're a smart company that knows when to say enough is enough. 900,000 is objectively a large number of users, but if those engineering resources are better put to use service the larger customer base, it's simple a good business decision.
I get pissed every time a service drops support for something I haven't updated in 5 years, but as a business owner, I also actively discontinue services that cause more headache than revenue. It's simply specialization.
- michaelmrose 7y agoValve still need an effective hedge against Microsoft and Apple walling off their desktop/laptop platform in the same way virtually every platform is presently walled off. Convincing someone else, like valve to do some or all of the work would have avoided the negative PR that Canonical ate.