The article is about Facebook copying features and draws a connection to Snaps subsequent downfall.
I’m claiming the downfall was inevitable (no product, bad redesign, those useless spectacles), and once again Facebook is the scapegoat in all this.
I’m claiming the downfall was inevitable (no product, bad redesign, those useless spectacles), and once again Facebook is the scapegoat in all this.
- actively discouraged IG users from discussing Snap
- prevented Snap from trending on FB
- used data from an acquisition Onavo to track what users did on other apps (such as Snap)
Furthermore - whether or not these shady practices were the downfall of Snap does not absolve FB from doing them.
Did snap promote facebook properly on its network?
They aren't required to promote, but arguably also can't actively find ways to prevent it from trending "organically" as that could ostensibly constitute an anti-competitive practice
Everyone and everything is multifaceted
If you read the article in full, there's really no defending Facebook's alleged behavior. The article doesn't even mention feature-copying, other than Zuckerberg saying "accept our buyout price or we'll copy you", but it's a single sentence in an article with a laundry list of unrelated allegations. I feel like a lot of people who dislike Snap are commenting without actually reading the article.