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		parksy on April 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft > Discord is amazing to create communities, that’s what Microsoft wanted. Microsoft can easily recreate the platform, they don't want the capability, they want the existing audience.

logronoide on April 20, 2021 [–]

Microsoft wants the audience AND the know-how about how to engage with them and atract new one. Due to Microsoft culture they don’t know how to do it.

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