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Re:Google's 2023 Shutdown Spree: 6 Products Pulled in Just 4... by orra on Thursday April 13, 2023 @07:29AM (#35553833)
> How many different chat / messaging platforms has Google put out in the last ten years, for example?

This is a good point. They don't iterate on products, at least that's my obvious perception. Instead, they launch competitor products, so in the end they end up pulling more products.

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Re:Google's 2023 Shutdown Spree: 6 Products Pulled in Just 4... by bombcar on Thursday April 13, 2023 @07:45AM (#35553965)
Microsoft has had various tools and programs that they sunset (lynk becoming Skype for business becoming teams) but they do try to make a migration path available (or, arguably, they just put window dressing on the same backends).
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Re:Google's 2023 Shutdown Spree: 6 Products Pulled in Just 4... by poopooracoocoo on Saturday April 15, 2023 @04:32AM (#35578753)
There's no migration path from Skype to Microsoft Teams (Personal). Microsoft hasn't picked one as far as I know.

Microsoft similarly has a bunch of duplicate services and products. They've got chat functionality spread across many apps, specifically Teams, Skype, and Xbox. Windows also has widgets in Windows 11 and widgets in Xbox Game Bar. There's also the mess that is developing apps for Windows that has just become Chromium, partially due to Microsoft's own messes.

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