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| Company | Fork date | The fork | Options | Choice | Stated rationale | What happened | Judgment analyst | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Read the story → verified | 2013-05 | Whether to end perpetual licenses and go subscription-only |
| Go subscription-only | Optional subscription ran a year and demand outpaced forecasts, confirming customers were choosing subscription while having no alternative to defect to | Latest · 2013 Creative Cloud subscriptions: Adobe exceeded one million Creative Cloud subscriptions, sooner than expected | reversibility low verdict held | Wikipedia / Adobe Creative Suite (2026-05); Wikipedia / Adobe Creative Suite (2026-05); Adobe Systems Incorporated / SEC EDGAR (2012); Adobe Systems Incorporated / SEC EDGAR (2013); Adobe Systems Incorporated / SEC EDGAR (2014); Adobe Systems Incorporated / SEC EDGAR (2015) |
| Airbnb Read the story → verified | 2023-04 | Whether to abandon Experiences or freeze intake to protect the core |
| Freeze new submissions only | The company needed to protect the core service and cut mediocre supply that erodes trust | 3 years · 2025-05-13 category relaunch: relaunched Experiences and introduced a new Services vertical across 260 cities | reversibility high verdict reversed | Skift (2023-04); PhocusWire (2024-05); Skift / Yahoo Finance (2024-09); Airbnb Newsroom (2025-05) |
| Apple Read the story → verified | 2015-09-09 | Whether Apple should ship an optional stylus for the iPad despite Jobs's stylus criticism |
| Ship optional add-on stylus | The Pencil was aimed at precision work a fingertip can't do, sold separately and never required, consistent with Jobs objecting only to styluses a device needs | 5 years · 2023-10 Pencil product line expansion: Apple added an entry-level USB-C Pencil framed as 'more value and choice' | reversibility medium verdict held | ABC News (2015-09); Apple Inc. (2015-09); Apple Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2023-11); Apple Inc. Newsroom (2023-10) |
| AT&T Read the story → verified | 2016-10-22 | Whether AT&T should buy its way into media via debt-financed acquisitions or stay focused on connectivity |
| Buy content and integrate | AT&T sought vertical integration to own the pipes and the content flowing through them and escape the wireless price war | 5 years · 2025-07-02 DirecTV full exit: the last 70% of DirecTV sold to TPG, completing AT&T's full exit | reversibility low verdict reversed | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Time Warner Inc. (2016-10); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / AT&T Inc. & DIRECTV (2014-05); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / AT&T Inc. (2022-02); Variety (2022-04); AT&T Inc. (via PR Newswire) (2025-07) |
| Atlassian Read the story → verified | 2025-09-09 | Whether to keep Data Center as a self-managed option or end-of-life it toward Cloud |
| End-of-life Data Center | Atlassian said Data Center will no longer be able to deliver on its core promise | No dated outcome stated yet | reversibility low verdict too-early | Atlassian (Inside Atlassian blog) (2025-09); Atlassian Community (official Atlassian post by Head of Product for Data Center) (2022-06); Atlassian (official licensing page) (2025) |
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