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nzeid 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code...

This fixation on "importance" is laughable. It is "insane" to drop Gmail because it makes them a shitload of money. That is how corporations work.

traderj0e 3 months ago [–]

The reason people mention importance is because corps like Google don't just care about per-product profitability, they assess how one product affects the rest of their business.

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