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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by scoutt on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:57AM (#23918371)
> Why can't a chat platform be a product?

It can be a product, but I guess it will have the same fate as Web Browsers. Who buys a browser product nowadays? Web-browsing is a feature.

> team communication package

A.k.a chat program.

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Re:Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft by rgrs on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:08PM (#23919843)
Browsers were bundled free so that the company behind majority user share could later control the web standards.
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