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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by actually_a_dog on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:51PM (#33030698)
> A problem I see with FB is that they don't control anything on which they run. They run on stuff from their competitors: it's either Google (Chrome / Android), Microsot (Windows / Edge) or Apple (OS X / Safari / iOS).

You do realize you just described the vast majority of all tech companies that exist today, right?

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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by ivalm on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:04AM (#33031194)
Yeah, and fb is bigger than them. The question is more about what it takes to be a trillion dollar co.
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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by actually_a_dog on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:07AM (#33033389)
So what? Where's the cutoff? Tell me one tech company besides Apple, Google, and Microsoft that logic wouldn't apply to. (No, Tesla doesn't count.)
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Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct... by ivalm on Friday September 30, 2022 @09:36PM (#33042942)
The only other tech giant that is a trillion dollar company is Amazon, and they own a lot of platforms. Beyond those 4 there are no other trillion dollar tech cos. The cutoff is pretty clear and the field is small.
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