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> particularly since our Slack is one of the largest and more active ones on the platform

does sound like it's causing issues that they don't want to deal with if it's not earning them money

Tis' the season to rug pull at slack

> Slack, a Salesforce-owned workplace messaging app, recently blocked other software firms from searching or storing Slack messages, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a public disclosure.

https://www.reuters.com/business/salesforce-blocks-ai-rivals...

No money gained because they move off from Slack.

On the contrary, not hosting them means they're not losing money either.

It's win-win for them. Either they pay (they won't/can't), negotiate to pay ($$$ at least)- or they move away, all of which increase the amount of available resources for Salesforce.