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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by JumpCrisscross on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:09PM (#18356741)
> Instagram isn't really a competitor with Facebook

Of course it is. Facebook is losing certain demographics to Instagram. If they were separate companies, Facebook would be under far greater shareholder pressure.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by mattmaroon on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:27PM (#18357530)
I don't think that's true. I think Facebook is losing customers due to its own downsides, and Instagram is gaining customers on its own Merit. I don't think that there is a zero-sum competition between the two
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee says tech giants may have to be split up by craftyguy on Thursday November 01, 2018 @08:28PM (#18359772)
> I think Facebook is losing customers due to its own downsides, and Instagram is gaining customers on its own Merit

You literally just proved the point of GP.

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