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by stocknoob 1367 days ago
Do not track is an easy scapegoat, but I think the rise of TikTok is a larger factor. Meta lost users.
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I think this, along with a slew of other factors as well.

Meta pivoting to burn money on a VR universe that nobody actually seems to want. Meta burning FB users by constantly altering their FB news feed, making it less and less a place for friends, and more a place to see endless reposted memes and ads for drop-ship products and stolen IP tshirts. Meta burning Instagram users by trying to force everyone's favorite photo-sharing app to be a shittier version of TikTok, as well as the above constant feed refactors...

It's definitely the ATT changes, literally cratered all their direct response ads on iOS (i.e. rich people).

TikTok is definitely a concern but turning off the money pump is a much, much bigger one.

if this is tiktok they shouldnt worry for long i bet it will be banned before end of year