this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 year ago (1 children)

its funny watching google do the very thing they used to make fun of microsoft for doing...

that is the big EEE.. Embrace, Extend and Extinguish.

[–] ChucklesMacLeroy 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Possibly one more? Enshitification.

[–] ArbiterXero 17 points 1 year ago

I think you mean Earnings

This is the final stage of EEE.

They enshittify, because it’s profitable.