[senttoschool]

Maybe Meta is trying to follow the model of Chinese tech companies.

* Copy what works

* Build re-usable internal systems so you can quickly go from prototypes to millions of users

* Internal competition where teams are trying to create the same product and outdo other internal teams

Unfortunately, I'm not convinced that Meta can successfully copy Chinese companies. One major reason is that software developers in the US are significantly more expensive so you have to be more strategic.

Chinese companies are dominating in social apps. TikTok is just the start.

https://hbr.org/2022/02/how-bytedance-became-the-worlds-most...

[mikro2nd]

And what is that model?

[sk0g]

Build a super app that contains an in-house variant of almost everything that becomes popular. WeChat for example.

[senttoschool]

This isn't the model I'm referring to. The new generation of Chinese software companies are more like the ByteDance model.

https://hbr.org/2022/02/how-bytedance-became-the-worlds-most...

[lloydatkinson]

Is global mass surveillance and deliberate culture erosion part of this model too?

[senttoschool]

I'm not sure why you are accusing the US of mass surveillance and deliberate culture erosion.

[lakomen]

Not sure if serious

[acatton]

One multi-usage phone app (chat, pay, navigate, …)

[mikro2nd]

Ah... so the one that myriad people have been chasing for at least 2 decades, now. I've lost count of the number of companies I've consulted to who were chasing that chimera. Good luck to them, I say, while gleefully taking money off them.