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by derefr 3032 days ago
> A change is not an improvement if it removes those.

If you see Slack as a replacement for IRC, then sure, it's not an improvement.

If you see Slack (and other proprietary solutions) as a capitalism-incentivized R&D lab for features that can then be absorbed into the open ecosystem, then it's nice that it exists, isn't it?