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reactordevyesterday at 12:34 PM1 replyview on HN

You have to look at who owns LinkedIn and why building a meetings and calendar was not “part of the plan”


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mft_yesterday at 2:11 PM

On the one hand, yes - and (to be reductive) enshittification is basically making decisions according to incentives that aren't aligned with your users, so it fits.

On the other hand, MS have Outlook email/calendar and Teams for video calling - so it could have been an opportunity to benefit different parts of their broader ecosystem. You could also build in limited access to Word for CV creation/editing (with Copilot support, of course) - and then bundle it and charge users for features, and charge recruiters even more for a 'premium' offering.

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