I mean instagram and whatsapp are wildly popular
They are popular but anecdotally, if the general public is anything like me, they would be more likely to use those products if they werent owned by FB.
The general public does not really care one way or another about facebook the company
Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees
by Tangurena2 on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @05:46PM
(#35159343)
The conversations that I've been hearing point to the simplest way to kill TikTok: force them to sell to Facebook. As much as people dislike the spyware present in TikTok, they dislike FB's spying even more.
Public sentiment is terrible and if that's a reliable leading indicator, the company will be in trouble if it doesnt continually diversify into products that distance themselves from the core brand.