the fact that the rhetoric and wardrumming has not abated seems to indicate FAANG players are facing a no-win situation when it comes to competition. The fact that Facebook and Youtube shorts are near-nightly parity scrapes of Tiktok content and they still cant manage to staunch the loss of viewers is a pretty damning indictment of the leadership at these groups.

Huawei went through basically the same thing when western chip companies and telcos were beat to market by nearly a year for 5G. Grinding the red scare axe to an audience of bought and paid for octogenarians is still a pretty good grift it seems.