Blogger discovers this cool thing called “RSS”.
28 points
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That was just for the growth and acquisition phase, using the network effect to capture consumers and businesses, get them addicted and dependent on the product, and then build a wall around them to lock them into your platform.
It’s a classic bait and switch, and if we didn’t live in corporate dictatorships masquerading as “democracy” it’d be illegal.
13 points
Yep, remember when XMPP was a thing so you could chat with anyone no matter the platform?
2 points
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It is very much still a thing, and my preferred chat protocol - because it is easy to host and unlikely to enshittify.
2 points
