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It's difficult to understand why Microsoft wouldn't buy this. With some clever marketing I'm sure they could grow the username rapidly and it would cost less th
by someelephant 6y ago
It's difficult to understand why Microsoft wouldn't buy this. With some clever marketing I'm sure they could grow the username rapidly and it would cost less than 1% of whatever TikTok would cost.
- ffk 6y agoThey tried, but apparently the sale was blocked due to AI export control laws in China.
- changoplatanero 6y agoi think he means why didn't they buy the rights to the name "vine"
- jonas21 6y agoWhy? The hard part isn't building a Vine or TikTok clone. It's getting 800M people to come and use it.
- cercatrova 6y agoReally depends. They made and then shut down Mixer, their Twitch competitor, because no one was using it.
- DLay 6y agoBytedance paid $1 billion in advertisements in 2018. Anyone remember how annoying and ubiquitous their ads were? That was on top of purchasing Musically for $800m, partially for their existing U.S. user base.