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TLDR: they're both bad, but it might be interesting to know what each one does

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[–] AProfessional 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly don’t know why any medium sized company would use a proprietary chat service.

Your company should want private data on a service they control.

[–] rosenjcb 2 points 1 year ago

Because they care more about reliability, accessibility, and the ecosystem (don't discount the many many slack bots). Privacy is on the bottom of their list of concerns.