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by frankchn 1692 days ago
That's because all of Google's main consumer properties didn't get branding changes and are still all "Google Maps" or "Google Photos", etc...

WhatsApp and Instagram are much stronger brands, and are not already branded "Facebook WhatsApp" or "WhatsApp by Facebook".
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toast0 1692 days ago
> "WhatsApp by Facebook".

Well, the splash screen says "Whatsapp from Facebook", and the description on the Google Play store starts with "WhatsApp from Facebook is a FREE messaging and video calling app."

So, it's out there, even if people haven't changed the way they think.

Disclosure: I worked for WhatsApp until 2019

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y4mi 1692 days ago
They are called Google maps/Google photos because these are Google products.

Google is responsible for alphabets web services. Check out Wikipedia for actual examples like waymo (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.)

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aidaman 1692 days ago
Really not true. The same number of people will know Facebook as owning them as do now. Like now people are like, "you know Instagram is owned by Facebook right?"

That's not going to change.

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