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That’s the problem with these large companies. They can take out any small competitor easily just by outspending and using their big name. And often they kill
by Ididntdothis 6y ago
That’s the problem with these large companies. They can take out any small competitor easily just by outspending and using their big name.
And often they kill a small competitor this way and then let the product die slowly so the end it’s a negative.
- qppo 6y agocan you give recent examples?
- Ididntdothis 6y agoOne that comes to mind is google reader. There were quite a few decent RSS readers out there but then Google Reader came in and took over. Then google dropped it and RSS almost died.
- thingification 6y agoSummary of the history on that here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/embrace-extend-extinguish-how-google-crushed-and-abandoned-the-rss-industry/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/embrace-extend-extinguish-how-... They use the "Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish" line that apparently came out of internal MS emails, but as they say, not quite the same in the Google Reader case: no intent to extinguish presumably -- but the same effect.
- Ididntdothis 6y ago“no intent to extinguish presumably -- but the same effect.“ Agree. No intent but the same result.
- PascLeRasc 6y agoAtom, for one. I know everyone here loves VSCode, but the UI in my opinion is terrible. I also don't know how it's faster than Atom for everyone else, I haven't had that experience on any machine yet. I loved Atom, but it's not getting as much support/updates now and the remote-edit package I use every day will occasionally not work at all.