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It was the perfect execution of Microsoft's "embrace, extend and destroy" tactic. Another example was ditching XMPP support in google chat / hangouts.
by sharperguy 3y ago
It was the perfect execution of Microsoft's "embrace, extend and destroy" tactic. Another example was ditching XMPP support in google chat / hangouts.
- doublerabbit 3y agoAs well as disabling Usenet groups readership.
- medstrom 3y agoIronically, Usenet seems to be growing more popular! For all the same reasons alternative social media are growing. Google Groups shut down for good three days ago, so their fingers are out of the pie, but humans haven't used that for a while, they just sign up on services like https://www.eternal-september.org/ https://www.eternal-september.org/ and hook up a NNTP client.
- Andrex 3y agoI thought Usenet users wanted that due to spam from Groups?