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Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by jdminhbg on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:10PM (#24212000)
'N' in FAANG is Netflix. They're tech-adjacent for sure, but they're mostly just in there so that the acronym isn't offensive.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by jakelazaroff on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:16PM (#24212094)
Microsoft has consistently been in the top three companies by market cap — whereas Netflix is basically nowhere to be found — but I guess FAAMG just isn’t as cool!
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by treis on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:46PM (#24212524)
Netflix pays engineers a lot and presents an interesting technology challenge. But you're right. They're actually a pretty amazing story. Burned 10 billion in the last 5 years and probably at least double that over their life. And they're on their third business model at this point with the first two having, more or less, failed.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by tylerchilds on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:29PM (#24215087)
GAFAM has been used when MS is swapped for Netflix. One could also drop Facebook and have MAGA.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by rsynnott on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:08PM (#24213788)
I think MS was more or less at its nadir when the acronym first showed up.
Re:Trump gives nod to Oracle buyout of TikTok in US by NoSorryCannot on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:37PM (#24216925)
At this point I expect the acronym to stay put (at least for a spell) even if the roll call doesn't.