Slack Desktop App Crashes Daily on Mac for Years
A long-time Slack user reports that the Mac desktop app crashes daily, has network-related bugs, unresponsive buttons that fail to refresh, and downloads that never complete, persistent stability issues that have gone unresolved for years despite an otherwise well-liked iOS version.
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