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

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[–] Thalestr@beehaw.org 84 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The Google Graveyard grows ever larger. Nearly at 300 now.

[–] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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 1 year ago (1 children)

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 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 1 year 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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