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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by eganist on Saturday January 30, 2021 @09:53AM (#25969526)
> How is Matrix a threat to Google?

Conjecture on my part: it's a threat to the ad spend Google gets from Facebook.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by conradev on Saturday January 30, 2021 @10:00AM (#25969586)
Facebook (24%) and Google (32%) compete pretty intensely for mobile ad spend. While we don’t know how much Facebook uses Google ads, that theory isn’t particularly satisfying because they compete so intensely.

https://www.fastcompany.com/4032442/its-still-pi-day-so-we-d...

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by eganist on Saturday January 30, 2021 @10:58AM (#25970062)
> Facebook (24%) and Google (32%) compete pretty intensely for mobile ad spend. While we don’t know how much Facebook uses Google ads, that theory isn’t particularly satisfying because they compete so intensely.

And yet...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/technology/google-faceboo...

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