> Plus, feel free to correct me but I don’t feel Meta has brought anything technically brilliant to the table lately

PyTorch?

> Maybe pixels if you want to stretch it, but search, maps, Gmail, YouTube, android, and even photos were there a decade ago already.

I don't disagree really, in the end all three suck: G, MS, FB. Google did in fact hire all the top talent but only to make sure they don't work on something good for someone else.