Sunset

What it means

To discontinue a product quietly, so that nobody has to stand up and announce a failure.

What it actually means

We are killing it and hoping you do not notice.

How it is used in a sentence

"The legacy tier will be sunset over the next two quarters."

Filed under

Business Bafflegab — Language engineered so that nothing is ever anyone’s fault and no decision is ever final.

Euphemism — The phrase hides something specific. We decode it.

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