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As someone who got dumped when Crashplan decided to no longer offer service to individual users, regardless of the business realities, this is a universally shitty thing to do to your supporters. Why should anyone do business with you if you might pivot away from them (on such short notice, no less) in the future?


Yeap. It's sends out bad karma.

If the estimated total net profit % per user is low single digits, keep them like "white elephants" or move them somewhere else where they can be serviced with continuity.

Pulling the rug out from under customers with little or no warning is a terrible practice.




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