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Instagram is what it always was for Facebook: a clear sign of the decline of Facebook’s original product into irrelevance while it slowly mutates into infinite
by holografix 6y ago
Instagram is what it always was for Facebook: a clear sign of the decline of Facebook’s original product into irrelevance while it slowly mutates into infinite town square forums trapped in valley of echoing stupidity and a less anonymous craigslist/gumtree. The Instagram acquisition was the first clear sign Facebook never could innovate it could only steal and perfect existing ideas. Now they decided that outright copying is cheaper than buying, so they copy Snapchat and now TikTok.
- Panini_Jones 6y agoFacebook came out with the Oculus Quest last year which is hugely innovative.
- ngokevin 6y agoYou could say that evolved out of the "buying" era as the above commenter said, as Oculus was an acquisition.
- Panini_Jones 6y agoOculus Quest was developed by Facebook, not Oculus.
- ClikeX 6y agoApart from Quest being a standalone device, it was just an iteration on the original Rift. And it was another company they bought, and I'd be more inclined to give credits to the Occulus team than to Facebook.
- Panini_Jones 6y ago> Apart from Quest being a standalone device, it was just an iteration on the original Rift In that it's a VR device, yes. But it's a standalone headset with Inside Out tracking. Many people didn't think this was possible. > And it was another company they bought, and I'd be more inclined to give credits to the Occulus team than to Facebook. A significant amount of FB employees developed this headset. It is Oculus is Facebook now.
- throwaway4715 6y agoThis strategy has made Apple very successful