Re:Biden launches action on "Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big A...
by disgruntledphd2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:01PM
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Instagram had 10mn users and a one week old Android app at the time it was acquired.
Their ad system was pretty much ported from FB, one assumes, and their ads were sold by FB reps as part of a package.
I honestly don't know if they would have made it independently (and we'll never know, I guess).
The snapchat thing was different. Snap had a policy of focusing on iOS, while FB, IG and Whatsapp (all of which cloned their core feature) were available on Android. I personally think Snapchat shot themselves in the foot with bad product strategy.
And look at TikTok. They are definitely the biggest competitor FB have ever faced, so I'd imagine that the future competitive landscape for them looks much more difficult than the past.
Their ad system was pretty much ported from FB, one assumes, and their ads were sold by FB reps as part of a package.
I honestly don't know if they would have made it independently (and we'll never know, I guess).
The snapchat thing was different. Snap had a policy of focusing on iOS, while FB, IG and Whatsapp (all of which cloned their core feature) were available on Android. I personally think Snapchat shot themselves in the foot with bad product strategy.
And look at TikTok. They are definitely the biggest competitor FB have ever faced, so I'd imagine that the future competitive landscape for them looks much more difficult than the past.