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This is so strange. I seem to remember Slack somewhat mockingly welcoming the competition in this space when Teams launched.


It hit them where it hurts - profit. /shrugs

Consider open source alternative such as zulip or matrix. Zulip is used by rust team :) and has a pretty good threading model.

1) https://zulipchat.com

2) https://element.io

3) https://mattermost.com


Honestly, Slack has become so baffling to me. As somebody who used it every day for a couple of years at work, then not for a year or so, it is completely unrecognizable today and (in my opinion) a lot more complex to use. I have a hard time reading and understanding the layouts in Slack as it stands today.


The (newish) mobile app on iOS is really confusing layout wise, I thought I'd get used to it but it confuses me every time. It's also weirdly slow for a native app, I'm not sure how they managed that.


Right. I think the issue here, based on the title, is that this behavior is anti-competitive.




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