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Nobody has covered the interesting angle -- this is the first time I've seen social media companies launch direct competitors, rather than a novel way to captur
by 8note 3y ago
Nobody has covered the interesting angle -- this is the first time I've seen social media companies launch direct competitors, rather than a novel way to capture attention.
At least, the first time in a while
- VintageCool 3y agoFacebook/Instagram Reels is a TikTok clone to directly compete in that space. YouTube Shorts also exists to compete with TikTok.
- dimmke 3y agoYeah, and even TikTok itself has done this. There was this flash in the pan social media app that was popular for like 2-3 months at some point in the past year (I forget when) called BeReal and TikTok added an exact clone of the functionality.
- flagrant_taco 3y agoThey've been stealing features from the competition for years. Snapchat was really novel when it came out, then the others created effectively the same UX. Clubhouse was a novel take as well, then Twitter added a clone of it right into the main app. I can't actually think of the last time one of the existing networks launched a new app to compete rather than just stealing UX features, that is a new one to me for sure!
- miked85 3y agoThey have all been doing this from the start.