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You're being downvoted but you're exactly right. As long as Instagram hung out there floating in the breeze, anyone could become a major photo-sharing player, j
by bgilroy26 14y ago
You're being downvoted but you're exactly right. As long as Instagram hung out there floating in the breeze, anyone could become a major photo-sharing player, just as Google did by acquiring YouTube.
By purchasing Instagram, Facebook prevented themselves from being edged out in photos the way Google is shouldering them out in video sharing.
- Bxstraz 14y agoI don't agree: Facebook can just make something that's almost exactly like YouTube. Seems like a no-brainer investment for facebook. But with Instagram, they wanted the name-brand.
- rmc 14y agoGoogle tried that, they made Google Video. They're also trying to make something like Facebook (Google Plus), hasn't taken off so well. If Google can't make Google Video work, what makes you think Facebook Video will work?