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One 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 i

• thingification 6y ago
  Summary 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.