Can you show me an example of a goodbye post from a company that sounds less 'fluffy' than this?
RethinkDB was very straight forward: https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-shutdown/
Wattage too: https://rethinkdb.com/blog/rethinkdb-shutdown/
Hackpad from a few days ago: https://hackpad.com/
The above make their intentions unmistakably clear in the first line.