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Who the hell comes up with these words like "sunsetting"? I was working with a dental company and their software we integrated with our system stopped working. I called the company and asked why and they said "We sunset this product". It took me a while to understand what they were saying then they asked for money because they released a new one. Sunsetting was just a fancy word for a money grab.

Wouldn't be easier to say we abandon the project or kill it? Does sunset sound fancier?



I don’t believe it’s a new term. It means they are intentionally phasing out or terminating something.


In software world it is killing it so they can sell a new one in general.




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