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[โ€“] Paranomaly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Won't happen. Not necessarily the them not buying it part, but it staying popular at all. No site/program is too big for Microsoft to torpedo. Skype used to be the verb for voice calls before they got their hands on it.

[โ€“] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

I didn't say MS would make it successful. They would definitely buy it, add Minecraft to it, integrate teams, then forget they bought it, neglect it, and leave it more broken than when they found it.