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> "If any person in the world was forced to choose between the two, I assure you that no one would pick Teams ever if not for Outlook."

And you'd be wrong. I've joined internet groups that use Slack and left specifically because Slack is so bad, but stayed in places using Discord because it's much better. Teams is nice. Part of why Slack is bad is because they're trying to turn "send small amounts of text over the internet" into a billion dollar VC funded business and the foundations can't hack it. Part of why Teams is nice is because it integrates well with Office and Microsoft 365, that makes it a clearly superior alternative.

> "So, how exactly is forcing Teams upon the world anything other than abuse of a de facto monopoly and anti-competitive business practices?"

How exactly is making a better product (Teams) which integrates well with other products (desirable features) 'forcing' or 'abusing' anything just because you're a hater with an axe to grind?

[chipdart]

> And you'd be wrong. I've joined internet groups that use Slack and left specifically because Slack is so bad (...)

I don't know what counts as good in your book, but to me Slack is by far the best professional-oriented messaging tool around.

Certainly Microsoft Teams is not it. It's messaging UI feels as if the goal was to copy 1990s ICQ, with matching search capabilities.

[ghusto]

Slack is at once a poor communication product, and a beacon of excellence in comparison to MS Teams. It says much that I'd rather use Slack than MS Teams. The bar was low, but by god did they limbo under it somehow.

Basic UX like it being clear when I'm replying to a message or starting a thread are fantastically broken. It's clunky, buggy, slow. It's just a shit-show in every respect. Normally I respect people's preferences, but your preference is wrong.