I’m still in disbelief having heard this for the first time today.

  • (っ◔◡◔)っ
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    111 year ago

    That’s just the nature of corporate pirates, they loot and plunder what they can use and integrate into their own products then scuttle the rest

    • Whimseymimple
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      61 year ago

      Most often not even taking the things that made the plundered product great in the first place, unfortunately.

      • @Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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        81 year ago

        Most times companies do acquisitions just because they want to get a patent, or just hire the dev team with specific skills. The product for them was worthless from the beginning,