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by likpok 2464 days ago
The counterexamples: Facebook and Microsoft exist, yet Slack is worth over a billion dollars.

Facebook, Microsoft and Cisco exist, and Zoom is over a billion. I can't find a valuation for Bluejeans is doing, but they're no slouch either (they've raised at least 100M).

Google tried to kill Facebook this way, and failed.