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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by tasogare on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:26PM (#29029461)

In France it's GAFAM that is most used, which makes sense since Microsoft is way more influential on the tech scene than Netflix, which is just a content provider.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by philwelch on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:32PM (#29029600)

I think FAANG is more often used as a career benchmark, i.e. working at Netflix looks good on your resume and pays well.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by Apocryphon on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:54PM (#29030012)

It's just because FANG (don't think Apple was originally part of it) was a list of fast-growing stocks, coined by none another than Mad Moneyman Jim Cramer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#FAANG

Quite honestly that term in both stock and big tech senses is outdated. It should really include a few post-unicorn giants like Uber nowadays.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by tvararu on Thursday October 28, 2021 @05:13PM (#29032073)

I’ve seen FAANGMULASS a couple of times.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by p4bl0 on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:00PM (#29030095)

GAFAM should now be replaced by MAGMA. It better represents the evil that will burn you alive.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by dekhn on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:28PM (#29029508)

it's really FAAMG in the US too, the people who coined the phrase were confused.

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by kixiQu on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:44PM (#29029818)

opinions here seem to vary based on where on the west coast the speaker lives

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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by dekhn on Friday October 29, 2021 @09:59AM (#29038451)

i live in silicon valley, but dude, it's FAAMG. Netflix is just a player in a much larger world.

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