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Are you forced to use it? I certainly don't use it. I was able to remove it from Windows without any problems. You don't like it? you can use Linux or buy a Ma
by kwanbix 3y ago
Are you forced to use it? I certainly don't use it. I was able to remove it from Windows without any problems.
You don't like it? you can use Linux or buy a Mac. There are very credible alternatives today.
Edge is bundled with Windows and Chrome still has 80% of the market or more. I still don't see the problem.
- justinclift 3y agoWhat seems to happen in enterprises is they install Office 365... and Teams comes along. A few months later the repeated suggestion of "Why don't you all switch to Teams?" from the MS account rep seems to sink in. At that point the $0 price tag (when bundled with Enterprise 365) gets compared to Slack's fairly expensive per-user pricing... and it's Goodbye Slack. So, the bundle gets it in the door (where no other competitor could) and the free pricing / sales channel gets it adopted.
- kwanbix 3y agoThe problem is that Slack wants to charge for a Chat app the same amount that Microsoft or Google charge for Spreadsheet, Documents, Slides, Chat, Drive, etc. The problem is that Slack is too expensive for what they do. If Slacks value proposition was as good as their price ask, that wouldn't happen, or would be much lesser. You said it yourself: Slack is fairly expensive for what they do.
- justinclift 3y ago> You said it yourself: Slack is fairly expensive for what they do. Yep. It's hard to beat $0 and "already installed with O365". Oh, you were wondering why MS is being investigated for anti-trust abuse... perhaps those are something to do with it?