News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack. Parent comment

Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by TeMPOraL on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:53PM (#25271665)
I wonder if and when the society will finally develop an immune response to this business pattern: a) get a large amount of people to tie their lives/businesses to a service you provide, b) sell out to a bigger fish, leaving these users high and dry.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by deegles on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @07:04PM (#25271740)
That will be the year of the Linux desktop.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by andreareina on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @07:56PM (#25272081)
What would that response be, other than refusing to use anything with mainstream adoption?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by jkaplowitz on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @09:45PM (#25272725)
Maybe insisting that this type of core service get provided by charitable nonprofits, which inherently can't sell to for-profits?

...Yeah, I'm not expecting that to happen en masse either, honestly, as long as we live in capitalism.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by bserge on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:34AM (#25275171)
On the bright side, these users can likely move to another platform if the big fish fudges up.

And now the big fish has spent a massive amount on a worthless product.

Kinda like MySpace.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack by TeMPOraL on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:21PM (#25283155)
Sometimes they can, sometimes they can't. Services that came after MySpace aren't like MySpace.

Switching from one dominant service for posting your meal photos to another dominant service for posting your meal photos is relatively easy. But if a web tool you depend on decides to finish their "incredible journey", you're likely to remain without an equivalent replacement (VC subsidies making it easy for few players to suck out oxygen from a market segment), and you end up having to adapt your workflow to whatever remains or comes after.

[ Parent | on HN ]