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submitted 5 months ago by probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Embrace, Extend, Extinquish"

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they're doing that, they're playing a very long game.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are they, though? How many game studios did they just buy and immediately shutter? Have they ever NOT been involved in anti-competitive lawsuits?

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're talking about open source software, not games.

[–] probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yea they have played nice with FOSS, albeit the game studio craziness is a bunch of bs

[–] msage@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

How about the Office format shenanigans?

Do people not know or forget that M$ is only supporting things that don't threaten their bottom line, or things they themselves (ab)use?