2024-02-19
EU shakedown of US tech companies continues. Perhaps they can use the money to increase defense spending.... https://www.ft.com/... via @ft
Financial Times
Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple ~€500M in March for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify
Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
2022-08-01
“The end of these legacy platforms.” Facebook has 1.98 billion daily active users. Instagram has 500 million. Doomed, no doubt. Users under 25, now spend up to 32 minutes a day on Instagram, while those >25 spend more than 24 minutes per day. https://www.newyorker.com/...
New Yorker
Chasing TikTok's success and leaving behind the protection of hard-to-replicate, large social graphs could end the lengthy dominance of platforms like Facebook
that putting aside TikTok's recent dominance in terms of watch times — I think YouTube has never had any *real* competition in the non-live space and probably never will. It has th...
2022-07-31
“The end of these legacy platforms.” Facebook has 1.98 billion daily active users. Instagram has 500 million. Doomed, no doubt. Users under 25, now spend up to 32 minutes a day on Instagram, while those >25 spend more than 24 minutes per day. https://www.newyorker.com/...
New Yorker
Chasing TikTok's success and leaving behind the protection of hard-to-replicate, large social graphs could end the lengthy dominance of platforms like Facebook
Facebook is trying to copy TikTok, but this strategy may well signal the end of these legacy platforms.
2022-06-23
I'm not sure it's Mark Zuckerberg's job to “secure elections.” I think his job is to run a hugely successful company in the midst of a risky transition. At least I hope that's his job, speaking as a shareholder. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Sources: the metaverse, not securing elections, is now Mark Zuckerberg's top priority; Meta has ~60 people focused on elections, down from 300 in 2020
Mark Zuckerberg, who once said securing elections was “the most important thing,” has shifted Meta's focus to the metaverse.
2022-06-20
The one guy who really does threaten Fox News is this guy. He just hasn't chosen to go that way. Doesn't mean he won't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making
Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right Tweets: @daweiner , @lizzadwoskin , @sorayamcdonald , @jeffjarvis , @...