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Microsoft has consistently been in the top three companies by market cap — whereas Netflix is basically nowhere to be found — but I guess FAAMG just isn’t as co
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
Microsoft has consistently been in the top three companies by market cap — whereas Netflix is basically nowhere to be found — but I guess FAAMG just isn’t as cool!
- treis 6y agoNetflix pays engineers a lot and presents an interesting technology challenge. But you're right. They're actually a pretty amazing story. Burned 10 billion in the last 5 years and probably at least double that over their life. And they're on their third business model at this point with the first two having, more or less, failed.
- rsynnott 6y agoI think MS was more or less at its nadir when the acronym first showed up.
- tylerchilds 6y agoGAFAM has been used when MS is swapped for Netflix. One could also drop Facebook and have MAGA.
- slowmoshii 6y agoMAGAFN in fact is the preferred nomenclature. Make America Great as f--, now substituted with "not" depending on the current zietgeist.