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I understand this is off topic but does Netflix ever actually acquire startups?

They are a very different company to Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google, I feel like they are bundled in mainly to make a cooler acronym.

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I don’t get why Microsoft isn’t one of the letters. I get that it needs to be easy to say but still.

How about FAMANG?

French media uses GAFAM and their wiki on it is hilarious [0].

[0]: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM

Because the acronym comes from stock markets, when FAANG were hot tech stocks. Microsoft already was old and boring at that point, so didn't count.

Old maybe, but not boring. Their tech stack is still the best there is.

I'm sure many would call it crusty.

You and I have heard different things but I suppose those who don’t like it are more likely to leave and then tell me horror stories.

Isn't Apple about as old as Microsoft? Or is it "Amazon & Airbnb"?

"hot" doesn't necessarily mean new: Amazon also wasn't new on the stock markets, but it was on a clear upwards trend, as was Apple. Apple had iPhones/iPads, entirely new worlds, Microsoft had ... yet another Windows?

Or just a less offensive acronym.

How about AFGA, then.

Call them AGFA and we can buy film from them.

How is it offensive?

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