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Re:Why Facebook is well placed to weather an advertising boy... by scarface74 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:27AM (#23712388)
Your theory is based on other social networks that were both never as big or mainstream and that didn’t have the money to buy up competitors.
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Re:Why Facebook is well placed to weather an advertising boy... by tennineeight on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:31AM (#23712421)
GP also forgot about Snapchat, the one competitor that did not agree to be bought. Facebook, in response, just copied Snapchat features in Instagram, and waited them out. Because they could.
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