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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Someone should come up with a catchy alliterative name for this tactic of incorporating competing ideas in Microsoft product family, augmenting them with their own proprietary crap and pulling the rug after achieving lock-in. Maybe call it AAA for "Adopt, add on, annihilate".

[–] graff@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sadly not a new thing for Microsoft. The term exists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

whoosh

[–] graff@lemm.ee -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol you don't have to be a dick about it

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

incorrect

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They call it BOGU