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All the comments are suggesting, roughly, that 3M is somehow "evil" for getting out of the floppy disk business.

But nobody uses floppy disks anymore! (This is a good thing.)

Why shouldn't they have gotten out before the complete collapse of the floppy-drive market?

I think people see 3M as evil because they have secret directives to not allow women to work certain jobs because 3M knows they'll be exposed to dangerous chemicals that can ruin their ability to have kids. And 3M knew the chemicals were dangerous generations ago, but didn't stop.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2022/12/15/toxic-3m-knew-its-c...

Then the comments here should come out and say that.

I don't get it either, and the storage business they spun off wasn't a big money maker and subsequently tanked with the rest of the industry.

Seems smart not to ride it down

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