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Why is it so lonely in the fediverse (lemmy.one)
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[โ€“] 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish. The term was first coined by the US DOJ, but then MS addopted it and was used internally. Basically it means that it's a lot easier to destroy something from within than from the outside. So, you have to become "one of them" in order to set the wheels in motion.

[โ€“] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

That's a great description