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Billion $ company buys an awesome product -> Billion $ company shuts down the awesome product.

Typical day. Nothing to see here. Move on.

Is there a way (outside of founder stubbornness) to reverse this norm? It's a pity that this has become the trend.

Pay for products. Use companies that have a real business model.

Could the answer be "Charge for products"?

Was BufferBox free? I thought they charged $.

Ostensibly they did, but early on they had so many coupon codes and promotions that I never once actually paid for it. And then it went free for a year after the Google acquisition.

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