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by gavinpc 3327 days ago
> Facebook's mission of making the world more open

That's a rather strong statement, for a company that has become one of the world's most complained-about black boxes.

But yes, they have done a lot of good in the computer science space.
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blacksmythe 3327 days ago
> Facebook's mission of making the world more open

Like many big companies, they want to commoditize their products' complements.

"Smart companies try to commoditize their products' complements." https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/

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beagle3 3326 days ago
And they innovated in this space with the "facebook patent grant" -- they give away free stuff, with a patent grant that disappears as soon as you sue them.

And they're better at marketing than many - heard of the amazing new zlib replacement, Zstd? It's better in every way except one - unlike zlib (unconditionally patent free), it is only patent free as long as you don't sue Facebook. But almost no one is aware of that.

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etruong42 3325 days ago
Where is the complementary relationship? Is it with the facebook.com website and their open-source AI product? More AI means more people will use Facebook.com?

Or is the comment only tangential to OP?

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