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Let me see if I get the chain of analogies right: Facebook is to Google as Netscape was to Microsoft. Google built Google+ to destroy Facebook the way Microsoft
by podperson 15y ago
Let me see if I get the chain of analogies right: Facebook is to Google as Netscape was to Microsoft. Google built Google+ to destroy Facebook the way Microsoft built IE to destroy Netscape. (Assuming the analogy is sound, Facebook is toast, but I digress.)
Let me suggest that Facebook is the AOL of social media -- it tries to lock in customers by providing a bunch of simplified features that are available in better forms elsewhere if you know where to find them. (Don't use email, use Facebook messages. Don't make websites, make Facebook pages. Etc.) In this analogy, The Internet (of which Google+ is a part) is to Facebook as The Internet is to AOL. (Again, if the analogy is sound, Facebook is toast.)
Oh, and if Facebook is Netscape, does that make Myspace Mosaic?