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I understand this is off topic but does Netflix ever actually acquire startups? They are a very different company to Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google, I feel
by JoeSmithson 8y ago
I understand this is off topic but does Netflix ever actually acquire startups?
They are a very different company to Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google, I feel like they are bundled in mainly to make a cooler acronym.
- jameslevy 8y agoOr just a less offensive acronym.
- jayd16 8y agoHow about AFGA, then.
- mcguire 8y agoCall them AGFA and we can buy film from them.
- adamnemecek 8y agoHow is it offensive?
- biglenny 8y agoFAGT - Facebook Apple Google Tesla Is probably what he was alluding to. You see how it offensiv right?
- sharkweek 8y agoI don’t get why Microsoft isn’t one of the letters. I get that it needs to be easy to say but still.
- baxtr 8y agoHow about FAMANG?
- mrep 8y agoFrench media uses GAFAM and their wiki on it is hilarious [0]. [0]: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM
- detaro 8y agoBecause the acronym comes from stock markets, when FAANG were hot tech stocks. Microsoft already was old and boring at that point, so didn't count.
- yeahitslikethat 8y agoOld maybe, but not boring. Their tech stack is still the best there is.
- solarkraft 8y agoI'm sure many would call it crusty.
- chillacy 8y agoYou and I have heard different things but I suppose those who don’t like it are more likely to leave and then tell me horror stories.
- 0815test 8y agoIsn't Apple about as old as Microsoft? Or is it "Amazon & Airbnb"?
- detaro 8y ago"hot" doesn't necessarily mean new: Amazon also wasn't new on the stock markets, but it was on a clear upwards trend, as was Apple. Apple had iPhones/iPads, entirely new worlds, Microsoft had ... yet another Windows?