A 2007 "One More Thing" was the announcement of the iPhone and the future of mobile computing. Now a 2021 "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.
One more thing for your viewing pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBnaMGP2aY
~ A fellow Columbo fan who used to watch it with his Grandma (she so had the hots for him)
I don't think we should take that at face value; Zuckerberg of course has strong motivations to appear completely committed, including a desire to motivate employees, partners, etc., and a desire to distract from FB's current bad news (which might explain the timing - why now?). If we take it at face value, we are part of the messaging.
For one thing, FB's metaverse is an over-the-horizon technology and product, very much vapor at this point and one that may never happen. The iPhone went on sale months after Jobs' announcement (IIRC).
More interesting is that FB possibly has lost so much confidence in its brand that it's de-emphasizing it, which seems like an overreaction to me.
yes, but thats a different CEO who was about presenting themselves as perfect. Zuckerberg for his legion of faults has never done this. He is far more comfortable saying what he wants to deliver _first_
> don't think we should take that at face value
We don't need to, they've handily split out the amount of money they are pouring into this in the public accounts.
> More interesting is that FB possibly has lost so much confidence in its brand that it's de-emphasizing it, which seems like an overreaction to me.
It was fucking stupid to try and link them so closely in the first place. Instagram was a cool brand. Instagram by facebook is deffo not.
Yeah, that was not a smart business decision. I think the goal was to make it look like FB was cool by associating it with the other brands, but all it did was make the other brands worse.
That's the kind of craziness you can get from a founder that controls everything I suppose.
Bear in mind that Mark Zuckerberg has only ever worked at Facebook, which must be pretty weird.
"You've got mail!" LOL
The more relevant question is, can Facebook in 2022 excite people as much as Apple did when riding on the height of the iPod/iTunes craze in 2007?
The obvious distinction being Jobs, with his "one more thing," announced an actual product.
Here is list: https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/one-more-thing-3793072/
how does FB changing their name affect their chances at regulation?
They can even list Instagram on the market selling maybe a 5% equity.
"One more thing" was a famous Jobs quote for major announcements, and the iPhone had possibly the most famous tech announcement ever, let alone of Jobs'. There was also a famous line where he says "these aren't 3 products, this is one device," which also has the word "one" in it.
It feels like only regulators can take on them, but that too is unlikely to happen, except some feeble attempts in Europe
Europe unfortunately is too weak unless they convince the U.S.
It might as well act like a faceless corporation, but it is far from "faceless"... I think. Consider f.e. Tesla's face, or Amazon's face.
Could you elaborate on that please?
> "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.
Aww, kids are so cute when they're having a temper tantrum