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Re:How Microsoft crushed Slack by mstipetic on Sunday December 06, 2020 @05:01AM (#25322441)
Sure you can, but treat them as a standalone product. Currently companies (like Amazon with AWS) are using massively profitable products to dump prices in totally unrelated industries and kill off the competition.

Not to mention companies like Uber using massive amounts of VC money to break laws and social contracts in whole countries despite no goal of actually being profitable. Medium did the same when providing free access and then turning on the paywall after that. There are many more examples.

Re:How Microsoft crushed Slack by lazylizard on Sunday December 06, 2020 @05:35AM (#25322589)
as a consumer i find it a brilliant deal? Softbank is subsidising my cab ride!
Re:How Microsoft crushed Slack by mstipetic on Sunday December 06, 2020 @06:54AM (#25322946)
Sure but hopefully you're a citizen also that values a healthy, vibrant and fair economy, not only a consumer