The term "EEE" gets misused so often that it has lost most of its original meaning. "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" refers to a specific strategy by Microsoft

The term "EEE" gets misused so often that it has lost most of its original meaning. "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" refers to a specific strategy by Microsoft to make incompatible software and push competitors out of the market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis... Taking money does not lead to EEE unless you're taking it for the explicit purpose of making incompatible software. (A person with anti-competitive attitudes doesn't actually need to take money to do this, but it probably helps) The aversion to money is likely coming from somewhere else.