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Google Domains to shut down (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)

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

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[-] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago

This was a trip back in time, seeing things like Meebo and Picasa that G purchased and killed off. 😕

[-] abc123@lemmy.fmhy.ml 13 points 2 years 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@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 8 points 2 years 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,

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