Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?

Post by jonathankoren » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 11:20 PM UTC

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This is true, but the main reason was that people have been predicting this was that young people don’t want to be on a social network with their parents. This social dynamic prediction has played out, and Facebook did the 100% predictable thing that all rich entrenched players do — they bought the smaller competitors, most famously Instagram. I fully expect them to continue to be able to monetize their user base, an…

Quest was the best selling game console this holiday, which doesn't sound niche to me.

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 11:22 PM UTC

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But that is what Netflix was supposed to be able to avoid because they know so much about the viewing habits of their users. More likely it turns out that knowing that doesn't help them create new content and they just need exclusive titles to draw people like all of the other studios. If the Netflix recommendation engine is the result of any data science then obviously they have no special knowledge from their mount…

I think an underrated advantage that the online platforms have over the legacy studios is that the original content from Netflix, Prime, et al is available globally and the legacy content is not. Netflix originals are available everywhere, the licensed content is far more restrictive. On Prime the only things available outside the US are Amazon Originals. Hulu won’t even let you log in if you’re outside the US. For w…

Post by dragonwriter » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 11:25 PM UTC

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All the data science in the world can’t make up for the shitty Netflix content

Yep, they’re a “content producer” but maybe 1 in 20 shows or movies they put our OS actually compelling. They have certain titles they do well with (The Witcher comes to mind) but for everything else they have the well-established Netflix-Curse of cancelling shows instead of finishing them, so that they can crow about having a new show.

Post by ModernMech » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 11:26 PM UTC

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Maybe there's a recessive gene that causes some tone difference. Maybe there's some historical war that caused the blahblahblah migration of the whoseits to the whatsits. Or maybe it's not part of the story at all and doesn't need to be. When I meet a new black person they don't spend a bunch of time explaining to me why they're black. That would be pretty weird. It sounds like you have some real hangups about race t…

> Maybe there's a recessive gene that causes some tone difference. Maybe there's some historical war that caused the blahblahblah migration of the whoseits to the whatsits. I'm not saying the black character is supposed to explain why they're black. I'm saying the writers should have written some reason into the story for why out of all the Nilfgaardians, Fringilla is the only one that's black. The black character do…

Post by TrackerFF » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 11:28 PM UTC

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I'm not sure how facebook fares in big cities, but back where I'm from - a small rural town, facebook has pretty much replaced everything. It's the de facto digital community place. Want to get regular updates from local businesses, local government, hobby groups, sports and cultural events? You'll find it on FB. Sure, most of those also have their own dedicated websites or similar, 90% of the most recent info comes…

> I'm not sure how facebook fares in big cities, but back where I'm from - a small rural town, facebook has pretty much replaced everything. It's the de facto digital community place. I don't think this is a good thing. It means change won't be easy to implement because their customer base relies on it for a certain function, if that function changes too much or goes away, they loose what's left.