And that is a major reason I am not now and never have been a member/user of any of them.Facebook is absolutely a monopoly. It is scary that 1 company owns 4 of the top 5 social media/chat platforms: Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram. If any company needs to have antitrust brought down on them it is Facebook.
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They probably can't patent that, but it would be a different matter if they found records showing Facebook planning or threatening to copy them.
Recently the chat logs over the IG acquisition were leaked. The founders seemed to know what was up, thinking Zuckerberg might enter "destroy mode" if they refused.
Apple alone is probably worth more than all of those combined. Of course not all tech companies are in the US, but the US is where it's at, and I really just mean Northern California and a select few other parts.
Yes and then they'll come for the mom and pop shops, then you and me, and finally the blue sky, am I rite?
I know I'm a "boomer" now and all, but I still can't believe how social media changed our lives forever. I remember actually calling each other, making plans to meet at the mall or whatever, and keeping track of one another by simply agreeing to be somewhere at a given time. I'm not saying social media is bad, I'm just blown away at the pace of change. As soon as I began to accept "it's just the way the world works now," I come to realize lawsuits, antitrust behavior, misinformation campaigns, and etc have changed the game AGAIN.
Ok, I'll go back under my rock now.
Ok, I'll go back under my rock now.
Now hopefully they can take care of the App Store monopoly/duopoly (whatever you want to call it)
Users want sideloading, developers want a way to publish apps that Apple blocks for whatever consumer-unfriendly reason...
Users want sideloading, developers want a way to publish apps that Apple blocks for whatever consumer-unfriendly reason...
As much as I hate FB I am with them on this one "crushed or bought out its rivals in an attempt to get rid of competition." is how capitalism works, it works by competing against the other until you destroy it. iPhone and Android destroyed Nokia and Blackberry. Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo destroyed Sega. Japanese car manufacturers lead to the demise of the American car. Bluray took HD-DVD down and VHS took Betamax down.
If the gov. has a problem then they should put regulations saying that once X amount of companies left in the market no 1 can buy the other
If the gov. has a problem then they should put regulations saying that once X amount of companies left in the market no 1 can buy the other
Facebook is absolutely a monopoly. It is scary that 1 company owns 4 of the top 5 social media/chat platforms: Facebook, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram. If any company needs to have antitrust brought down on them it is Facebook.
Biggest social media platforms by users 2025| Statista
Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and WhatsApp are the most popular social networks worldwide, each with at least two billion active users.
eeehhh... not exactly.
While I hate facebook and wish them and their business model death, none of Facebook products is a necessity. People choose to use them because they want to. It does not control anything really, and in addition there are other free -and open source- alternatives.
Instagram = Pixelfed
Whatsapp = Telegram, Signal, Element
Facebook = Diaspora, Freindica, VK
Facebook products are a "want" - like a toy- its not a necessity or a need
Problem is, Facebook can afford to pay for its crimes. Their stock value is near all-time highs. Sad but true.
Because every big tech company does the same thing, and it's not actually a problem.
Like, they're upset that FB buys companies that were founded and funded in the first place in hopes of being acquired.
Which you can tell happened because one side of the story has been released, by a guy who already joined in suing apple?