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Because contributing world-class resources to projects outside their ecosystem was sometimes the first step of how they and other companies acquired, ran into the ground, then shuttered otherwise successful businesses. This comment is not an attack against in you in any way, shape, or form, but an honest reply to your question.

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It's ok. I appreciate your position and your reply, as well as your desire to defend good things.

I think it's important to note here that WordPress is a project, not a business or a company. I don't think Google is trying to break a community supported product that powers 24% of the web. Sure, build better doors and windows to their products. I don't see that as a bad thing. I happen to like Google, as do a large number of Internet publishers. Many of us will appreciate these efforts.

Can you give concrete examples of Google doing this? (acquiring a company just to shut it down, not using its technology)

Bufferbox is close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BufferBox . However, I did not say "acquiring a company just to shut it down, not using its technology" I said "ran into the ground".

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