Quite likely, if the playing-field was level, or at least they'd have lost huge market-share. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 precisely because they were a d

Quite likely, if the playing-field was level, or at least they'd have lost huge market-share. Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 precisely because they were a direct threat. The FTC could have blocked that; or more recently, prevented tighter integration with FB+WA. Currently they're using lobbyists to try to push TikTok (and WeChat) out of the US market. Yahoo imploded because it had to pander to the short-term whims of the stock market; Zuckerberg references this frequently when talking about how FB (i.e. he) maintains control of its stock and autonomy.