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minus-squareTarqon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down7·2 days agohttps://ghuntley.com/fracture/ Because pretending your editor is open source while moving all the important functionality to proprietary plugins is a bait and switch.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·edit-22 days agoEmbrace. Extend. Extinguish. Extract rent now that everyone lives in / depends on your proprietary ecosystem. I’d say they can’t keep getting away with it!, but history shows they clearly can. Literally monopolist strategy 101.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoThis was all people were talking about when they bought GitHub. We’ve past the “Extend” stage now.
minus-squareEyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoOne that’s worked for Microsoft many times before (docx, for example). Its their favorite loophole.
https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ Because pretending your editor is open source while moving all the important functionality to proprietary plugins is a bait and switch.
Embrace.
Extend.
Extinguish. Extract rent now that everyone lives in / depends on your proprietary ecosystem.I’d say they can’t keep getting away with it!, but history shows they clearly can.
Literally monopolist strategy 101.
This was all people were talking about when they bought GitHub. We’ve past the “Extend” stage now.
One that’s worked for Microsoft many times before (docx, for example). Its their favorite loophole.