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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by saghm on Monday March 11, 2019 @10:07PM (#19364737)
Wouldn't the point of breaking those into separate companies be to _prevent_ them from hooking into the same backend?
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by jdavis703 on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:40PM (#19365221)
What if they break FB, IG, Messenger and WhatsApp in to separate companies. They also spin out Facebook Ad Solutions Inc. or whatever it’s called to sell ads to all those separate companies along with anyone else who wants to display FB ads. This isn’t to say that this is what will happen, but it’s one potential.
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Re:Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for... by Dahoon on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:51AM (#19366157)
If they are broken up like this Google could sell ads to be shown on those platforms too.
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