Microsoft survived all that and is now the world's most valuable corporation again. Facebook isn't going to die either because it's effectively the Windows of people's lives.
Microsoft survived all that and is now the world's most valuable corporation again. Facebook isn't going to die either because it's effectively the Windows of people's lives.
Ordinary consumers could not use a text editor, a spreadsheet, send an email, or browse the internet, without doing it form either a Windows or Apple computer. Apple was a secluded niche for graphical designers and the like. Almost everybody else used a Windows computer. There were whole industries where everybody only used Windows operating system and the Office suite and where you could not work without.
Almost nothing ties me to Facebook and most businesses are not dependent on Facebook in any way. I can use computers, phones etc. without Facebook. I can contact people without it, write to them, see their pictures and videos etc. I can go online without. Most companies nowadays function perfectly fine without Facebook. If Facebook disappeared, only a few niches such as game studios, advertisers etc. would truly lose customers or the ability to work with others. Most advertising could be done through other channels in a matter of hours. Contacts with friends could be made in days using other platforms.
I was going to say that Facebook is where Microsoft were at some point in the late 70s or early 80s when it was just one out of several alternatives, but the comparison is just not good.
What if OP was living in a place where a cell phone and Facebook were "The Internet"? What if that was all OP knew and understood regarding such topics?
I try not to use Facebook. I had to let my family and friends know because they are setting up party invitations and making announcements on Facebook. OK - so far so good. They post on Facebook then send me a private message.
Then the camp fire happened in California (the Paradise fire). My brother in law's house burned and he is staying with us. He is not technically literate. Butte county is putting all disaster recovery information and streaming town hall meetings through Facebook! So I am back on Facebook to help my brother in law rebuild his home!
Not to mention the insane, massive momentum microsoft has in terms of MSP's/Partners..