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I don't see this as an issue. Google does it with all of their products. If you own a flooring company and a cabinet company, you're going to try to convince y

by nbar1 8y ago

I don't see this as an issue. Google does it with all of their products. If you own a flooring company and a cabinet company, you're going to try to convince your flooring customers to buy your cabinets.

SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
I don't see an issue, but I think it's funny how many of IG users STILL don't know they're actually using Facebook.
- minikites 8y ago
  Why is that funny? Lots of businesses go to great lengths to segment their products and sometimes play them off each other (e.g. Blue Moon pretending to be a craft microbrew despite being produced by MillerCoors).
- qmalzp 8y ago
  I'm not sure how many people care. It's like finding out Pepsi owns Aquafina.
  - Skunkleton 8y ago
    "Could I get a water?" "Is Aquafina OK?"
    - airstrike 8y ago
      Sorry, I only drink Dasani
- martin-adams 8y ago
  Not really any different having two jewellery stores opposite each other in a shopping mall giving you the feeling of choice. Only to discover they are owned by the same company.
  - amorphid 8y ago
    I saw Shane Robison give a talk about the HP+Compaq merger. [1] He advantage that came from the merger was getting more shelf space in retail stores. Having some influence and/or control of what got displayed in the HP shelfspace and the Compaq shelfspace was considered valuable. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shane-robison https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shane-robison
  - deleted 8y ago
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  - reaperducer 8y ago
    Like when there's a Starbucks and a Seattle's Best on opposing corners.
- skinnymuch 8y ago
  You and others here probably don’t know half of the companies or brands owned by other companies or brands.
- avip 8y ago
  I also don't know I'm "using microchip" with my Atmel or SMSC - and I really don't care either.
  - SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
    Cool... If you really had an issue with how Microchip handled your personal info - would you be lining up to use Atmel? If you didn't know Atmel was owned by Microchip and they didn't exactly scream that from the rooftops, you don't think that would be a relevant analogy here?
- johannes1234321 8y ago
  Many don't even realize Facebook is a company.
- rhombocombus 8y ago
  I mean, it's the same company but a different product (aside from the ads which are the real product). IG has pictures that are cute or funny or cool, FB is a sordid wasteland of misinformation, bickering, and unhappiness. I'm ready for IG to devolve into another misinformation machine any day now since that seems like it is really lucrative for FB, but for now I think IG's simplicity and image focused UI filters a lot of the garbage out.

by nbar1 8y ago

SlowRobotAhead 8y ago

I don't see an issue, but I think it's funny how many of IG users STILL don't know they're actually using Facebook.

minikites 8y ago
Why is that funny? Lots of businesses go to great lengths to segment their products and sometimes play them off each other (e.g. Blue Moon pretending to be a craft microbrew despite being produced by MillerCoors).
qmalzp 8y ago
I'm not sure how many people care. It's like finding out Pepsi owns Aquafina.
- Skunkleton 8y ago
  "Could I get a water?" "Is Aquafina OK?"
  - airstrike 8y ago
    Sorry, I only drink Dasani
martin-adams 8y ago
Not really any different having two jewellery stores opposite each other in a shopping mall giving you the feeling of choice. Only to discover they are owned by the same company.
- amorphid 8y ago
  I saw Shane Robison give a talk about the HP+Compaq merger. [1] He advantage that came from the merger was getting more shelf space in retail stores. Having some influence and/or control of what got displayed in the HP shelfspace and the Compaq shelfspace was considered valuable. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shane-robison https://www.crunchbase.com/person/shane-robison
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- reaperducer 8y ago
  Like when there's a Starbucks and a Seattle's Best on opposing corners.
skinnymuch 8y ago
You and others here probably don’t know half of the companies or brands owned by other companies or brands.
avip 8y ago
I also don't know I'm "using microchip" with my Atmel or SMSC - and I really don't care either.
- SlowRobotAhead 8y ago
  Cool... If you really had an issue with how Microchip handled your personal info - would you be lining up to use Atmel? If you didn't know Atmel was owned by Microchip and they didn't exactly scream that from the rooftops, you don't think that would be a relevant analogy here?
johannes1234321 8y ago
Many don't even realize Facebook is a company.
rhombocombus 8y ago
I mean, it's the same company but a different product (aside from the ads which are the real product). IG has pictures that are cute or funny or cool, FB is a sordid wasteland of misinformation, bickering, and unhappiness. I'm ready for IG to devolve into another misinformation machine any day now since that seems like it is really lucrative for FB, but for now I think IG's simplicity and image focused UI filters a lot of the garbage out.