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Why? They have a tendency to better products they acquire, look at whatsapp, instagram, oculus.
True, but they are, well...Facebook. Their stigma is just too strong to be forget/forgive overnight.
Every time Facebook is buying something I feel sad and imagine Facebook like the black plague that will swallow that normal organism.
It’s a Trojan horse play. Giphy is used by all of FB’s competitors, including Tik Tok. Scummy imo.
So Facebook basically just bought inside usage info on a ton of direct competition, even if they stop their integration in the future. Messaging: Signal, GroupMe, Telegram, Viber Social Media: Twitter, Snapchat, Reddit, Pinterest, Tiktok Dating: Bumble, Tinder Video: Skype Does anyone else kind of feel weirded out that this isn't illegal? Not surprising legally or for a move for Facebook, but this just feels incredib…
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It's more "fully comprehend all aspects". You could also say "get" or "understand" or "know" as synonyms for comprehend (in the right context). Grok works in English, I've been reading it for, what, 20 years in English texts. It mightn't be in dictionaries but they're not the sole arbiters of language. It comes from US English, AFAIK, a neonym from Heinlein (the sci-fi writer).
I use "grok" in my writing. Sometimes an older person (usually a boomer or Greatest Generation reader) doesn't get it. Usually the Gen X and younger people understand what it means. Anecdotal, FWIW...
English speakers seem to have this weird idea that all people need to use language that everyone can understand.
Other languages tailor their speaking patterns given the class, context, and people around them.
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> Instagram only became sustainable under Facebook. That's an incredible leap to say IG couldn't develop their own ad network as a stand alone company. Hire a few people away from Google with options in a growing company the same way FB did. If IG didn't sell they would have fully killed Facebook's relevancy by now.
Yeah, but the IG founders didn't want to put ads on the product at all. It was not a sustainable business while in their control.
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This is an unpopular opinion, but if the meme creator violated copyright when they made the meme, and they want credit for their “derived version” then they need a license.
I disagree that they violated copyright. If they're using a screenshot or a short clip from a movie that is definitely fair use. On the other hand, what Giphy is doing is copying the entire meme.
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Yes, do you genuinely believe that they have sufficiently changed after the vast amount of data given away to Cambridge Analytica and other firms just two years ago mean they should have access to historical data? I genuinely think you should have to opt in to data sharing when a company covered by CCPA is purchased. I think you can make a very compelling case that this sale covers the sale of data from Giphy to Face…
I don't think whether they have changed affects their ability to buy Giphy. Your CCPA point is interesting though. However my guess is the CCPA is unlikely to be used in that way as it would affect nearly every acquisition in every industry.
And the inexorable march towards tech companies owning everything continues. I wish anti-trust law wasn't such a joke across the globe.
Big company != monopoly. Facebook does not have a monopoly on anything, and neither does Giphy.
Especially now, when you have companies like Giphy being tied into services across the globe and providing a surprising amount of data about users and usage patterns, the idea of monopolies is completely obsolete. It's time to bring back the idea of companies not being allowed to much reach, power and control over all aspects of our lives, as well as being able to use it to assert control over competitors and users alike.
So Facebook basically just bought inside usage info on a ton of direct competition, even if they stop their integration in the future. Messaging: Signal, GroupMe, Telegram, Viber Social Media: Twitter, Snapchat, Reddit, Pinterest, Tiktok Dating: Bumble, Tinder Video: Skype Does anyone else kind of feel weirded out that this isn't illegal? Not surprising legally or for a move for Facebook, but this just feels incredib…
What could you realistically make illegal? Api/services can't be purchased by any of the companies that use them?