I've noticed quite often it's because the niche offering has been living off of venture capital and doesn't have a clear way to monetize the userbase. The trend towards sanitizing and the niche product becoming crap happens when the investors start looking to cash out.
I've noticed quite often it's because the niche offering has been living off of venture capital and doesn't have a clear way to monetize the userbase. The trend towards sanitizing and the niche product becoming crap happens when the investors start looking to cash out.