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   GLFC :qubes: (tech) (glfc@mstdn.starnix.network)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 01:49:46 JST GLFC :qubes: (tech)

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   @gimulnautti @homlett that's just about what #Nutanix did. Six years ago they were in a sweet spot between pricing, flexibility, and ease of use. There wasn't another commercial offering that didn't have significant drawbacks for us. Now you might as well bite the bullet and go #VMware if you need anything other than general purpose VMs. #Nutanix licensing and R&D have both lost their minds.

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     Toni Aittoniemi (gimulnautti@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 01:49:48 JST Toni Aittoniemi

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     @homlett Looks like the enshittification cycle started.

     1) Sell product at a huge loss on a huge market for 5-10 years, enough to get the way people work and do business to change.

     2) Now that your product is unreplaceable, hike the prices and worsen the service.

     3) Come up with a new thing to ”disrupt”.

     Every new digital service, same story. Central control of as many business & people as possible is always what the market REALLY prefers.

     Antitrust has been taking long naps..

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     h o ʍ l e t t (homlett@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 01:49:49 JST h o ʍ l e t t

     Microsoft reportedly runs #GitHub's #AI Copilot at a loss
     https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/11/github_ai_copilot_microsoft/
     “while #Microsoft charges $10 a month for the service, the software giant is losing $20 a month per user on average and heavier users are costing the company as much as $80 every 30 days” “building a dedicated user base and increasing prices once users are #hooked”