[connor-brooks]

Slightly off topic but: Why is Microsoft not included in this acronym (FAANG)? Surely they're a more significant company than Netflix?

[break_the_bank]

There was a period of time when Microsoft had lost its edge. I'm guessing they came up with the acronym then.

Folks over at r/Wallstreetbets use the term FAGMAN. I'm not sure if that's politically correct!

[qppo]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/cramer-we-gotta-get-netflix-...

It was Cramer back in 2013 who coined the term. It was a term for stocks, although on HN and around the engineer-verse I always took it to mean "big tech" companies that pay really well.

[detaro]

Because it comes from the stock markets. FAANG were hot tech stocks, Microsoft was boring at the time.

[julianeon]

There are people who periodically propose this - so you could say your observation has been seconded. In fact there's already an acronym for that (which I've heard once or twice), FAMGA.

https://www.applicoinc.com/blog/faang-is-out-famga-is-in-why...