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One thing I'm surprised not to hear mentioned in this article is regulation. I'm sure there's a level of trying to assert Facebook's dominance over the more successful acquired product. But one thing that wasn't mentioned is that there is a strong political movemeent saying we should break up big tech. Elizabeth Warren was called out specifically by Zuckerberg as the most effective and transformative politician of our time.

I think one thing we need to consider about facebook is the classic middle manager wrangling. If you think that a priority you like is under the chopping block, you tie it inextridcably to something else and then go "Oh, well! Can't can this project because you'll be destroying our most important project". It is essential for Facebook to get to the point where it is so difficult to distinguish between Facebook/Instagram/Whatsapp that you can make a coherent argument that you can't split that company into 3 separate parts. That's a great reason for a lot of what was going on at facebook, but the article doesn't seem to consider it.