this post was submitted on 31 May 2023
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but it also feels about 3.64x more scummy, given that 1. they haven't had an official client for YEARS, which allowed the third party client landscape to thrive, and then purchased one of the most successful iOS clients in order to turn it into the official one.
Oh, it’s so much worse than that. They purchased Alien Blue, built their own app that utilized some of features of Alien Blue (the reason they had to purchase the app due to IP), launched their hot pile of garage that they call an all, and then threw Alien Blue in the trash.
such a badly run business