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This was discussed in about 1300 comments when it occurred in 2021. Is there anything new about replit that warranted the re-submission?

And I see personal attacks on the CEO here in some comments that refer to his opinions about the most divisive topic on HN nowadays.

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How about how they offered a classroom product for teachers to deploy an online IDE. Then with no notice while people were in the middle of classes replit pulled the plug on it with no notice.

No one should be patronizing a company like this.

That was 7 months ago. They canceled a free plan for a product. Yes I agree that their communication were bad and didn't give enough warning for people. But how that related and how is that an answer to my question?

Google used to give universities unlimited storage but even with their billions they pulled the plug and left universities in a difficult situation (so did MS later).

How it’s related, to answer your question, is that it’s more evidence the company has horrible leadership. The more visibility of that the better, this CEO shouldn’t be rewarded with customers.

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