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Which two, and do you have a source?
by playpause 7y ago
Which two, and do you have a source?
- luckydata 7y agoLinkedin for sure, I used to work there so I can vouch for it.
- Zhenya 7y agoLinkedin isn't faang.
- SahAssar 7y agoThat's not a FAANG though.
- antonyh 7y agoFAANG is just a buzzword acronym, a hook to pull in investors. LinkedIn is Microsoft, which should also be included given it's scale. It should be FAMANG.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoBut then does Microsoft implement GDPR globally, not just its LinkedIn subsidiary?
- SahAssar 7y agoI agree about the buzzword part, but the parent did specify two FAANGs. I'd think it would be interesting to hear which two since it's obviously not Google (as the article hints that they want to move data out of the EU). Also, the FAANG expression didn't start around scale, if that was the case netflix wouldn't have been included as early as the expression was coined. The expression was about developer compensation. That seems to have changed recently(-ish) though and now the expression is more like "unicorn" instead of just the specific companies that make up the acronym.
- bonzini 7y agoIf I'd have to guess, the two that do less or no advertising and thus benefit less from your data... (EDIT: That would indeed be Apple and Netflix, as hinted by another comment).
- bilbo0s 7y agoPardon my cynicism if I think it's likely Apple and Netflix. And they probably do that for everyone only because it doesn't eat into the main profit generators in their business models. Not many marketers paying Netflix to advertise their new natural soap line to targeted prospects I'd imagine.
- zweep 7y agoOne is Apple or Netflix and the other isn’t. I don’t feel comfortable sharing more specificity than that.