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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by flunhat on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:17AM (#25967027)
> parler in the sense that another communication platform not owned by a big corp

Parler is owned by the Mercer family, of Renaissance Technologies fame, one of the most successful hedge funds in existence. They are personally worth tens of billions of dollars.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by manquer on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:21AM (#25967326)
Still not even close to the trillon+ worth of google or apple.

Also just cause they worth billions means they will back parler with billions. Parler itself is pretty small fish financially speaking

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