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[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago

They all collectively and individually enshittified until it became worthwhile to pirate again.

They can point fingers all they want, or change their attitudes for longer-term gain.

The problem is, of course, their shareholders who are pushing for maximizing short-term profits, and then shareholder primacy, meaning they are legally obligated to obey their shareholders, even at the cost of business collapse.

Let them die.