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Good for Microsoft doesn't mean good for you.
by graphe 3y ago
Good for Microsoft doesn't mean good for you.
- digging 3y agoPoor turn of phrase then? Certainly wouldn't call the bloated, parasite-riddle LinkedIn "like fine wine".
- hot_gril 3y agoIt's keeping the users and making money, that's what matters.
- klyrs 3y agoIn this economy, the users are the product. If LinkedIn is fine wine, we're the grapes.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoYou're thinking in the lens of a consumer, that's the issue. I'm sure to Nadella MSFT is making off like a bandit. The users looking for a job aren't the customers of LinkedIn.
- MaxBarraclough 3y agoLinkedIn seems to have been at Stage 2 of Doctorow's enshittification pattern for years now: blatantly hostile to its users, but (as far as I know) doing right by advertisers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification