> In a large corporation, their boss would swing by and tell them customers need that tool, and it can't be removed willy-nilly. Didn't the bosses at Microsoft

> In a large corporation, their boss would swing by and tell them customers need that tool, and it can't be removed willy-nilly. Didn't the bosses at Microsoft recently[1] nerf an already-implemented free/community .Net feature (edit: Hot Reload) so it could be a Visual Studio exclusive? Yes, they reversed course after a getting blowback, but I don't think your assumption about bosses championing for (all) customers is correct. 1. https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-removal-decision-open-source https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22740701/microsoft-dotne... 2. https://www.thurrott.com/dev/258605/microsoft-backs-down-from-open-source-mistake https://www.thurrott.com/dev/258605/microsoft-backs-down-fro...