alt Hacker NewsHave they? Meta's main product, Facebook, seems to be much less dominant than it was a decade ago.
I, in particular, used to use Facebook, Instagram, Google Search, and Gmail a decade ago. Now I don't, because the products have become unbearably worse.
We probably can't even name all their products. I doubt even anyone at these companies, even the CEOs can name all their products.
One conspiracy theory I've heard is that because they were making so much money, they hired or at least recruited enough people so they would not have any serious competition.
Also, a lot of things that look straightforward is probably a lot of work internally. For example, renaming Facebook to meta was likely not a simple one point story, right?
Also, I bring this up every chance I get because it bothers me so much but making a worse product probably takes more effort in terms of man hours than making a good one. Look at this... .https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay#media_engagement_...