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another interesting case would be Blizzard Entertainment that company went from being beloved by nearly all to universally hated in under 18 months it has bee

another interesting case would be Blizzard Entertainment that company went from being beloved by nearly all to universally hated in under 18 months it has been astounding to watch so much destroyed so quickly

merb 5y ago
well it took way way longer in blizzards case and it was their fate. not enough games for their core audience, d3 not as good as d2, wow addons being more stale after 3.0, etc.. the last 3 years was just the tip of all the downs of the years before.
TAForObvReasons 5y ago
Mozilla has been a death by a thousand cuts over many years. The first "user-enhancing" [1] in-browser ads ("sponsored tiles") were introduced in 2014. Pocket imposition was 2015 [2]. Mr Robot was 2017 [3]. Cliqz was 2017 [4]. booking.com was 2018 [5]. [1] https://twitter.com/dherman76/status/433320156496789504 https://twitter.com/dherman76/status/433320156496789504 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172126 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172126 [3] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-backpedals-after-mr-robot-firefox-misstep/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-back... [4] https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-which-slurps-user-browsing-data/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whi... [5] https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-new-tab-page-was-just-another-experiment/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-ne...
sundarurfriend 5y ago
In this case it was an acquisition wasn't it? I remember reading from disappointed fans that we should call this company Activision-Blizzard and that Blizzard itself died a long time ago.
soundnote 5y ago
Blizzard's death has been far longer than that. Classic case of things moving slowly, and then the final straw hits the camel's back. The company has had game quality issues for a long time.

merb 5y ago

well it took way way longer in blizzards case and it was their fate. not enough games for their core audience, d3 not as good as d2, wow addons being more stale after 3.0, etc.. the last 3 years was just the tip of all the downs of the years before.

TAForObvReasons 5y ago

Mozilla has been a death by a thousand cuts over many years. The first "user-enhancing" [1] in-browser ads ("sponsored tiles") were introduced in 2014. Pocket imposition was 2015 [2]. Mr Robot was 2017 [3]. Cliqz was 2017 [4]. booking.com was 2018 [5]. [1] https://twitter.com/dherman76/status/433320156496789504 https://twitter.com/dherman76/status/433320156496789504 [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172126 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172126 [3] https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-backpedals-after-mr-robot-firefox-misstep/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mozilla-back... [4] https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-which-slurps-user-browsing-data/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whi... [5] https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-new-tab-page-was-just-another-experiment/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-ne...

sundarurfriend 5y ago

In this case it was an acquisition wasn't it? I remember reading from disappointed fans that we should call this company Activision-Blizzard and that Blizzard itself died a long time ago.

soundnote 5y ago

Blizzard's death has been far longer than that. Classic case of things moving slowly, and then the final straw hits the camel's back. The company has had game quality issues for a long time.