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0 pointsestimator72928mo ago0 comments

But it's so much more profitable for shareholders to force users to engage with the shitty product

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givemeethekeys8mo ago· 1 in thread

It's much cheaper for execs to buy bundled "it can do everything for less!" junk for the peasants.

That and, they're paying for Excel anyway...

cogman108mo ago

Literally the exact reason we ended up with MS teams instead of slack.

wat100008mo ago

Even if you have a great product, you'll still get more money out of people if you apply some dark patterns like this. It's very hard for a company to resist that siren call.

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