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https://www.statista.com/statistics/267031/facebooks-annual-...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093781/distribution-of-...

Meta and Google are advertising companies, their "products" are just a way to:

- gather data: whatsapp/messenger, maps, youtube, "like"/"share" buttons, reviews &c.

- display ads: google search, youtube, instagram, fb feed

- display a "buy" button: google search, youtube, instagram

The only "new" products they don't shutdown after a year are products that allows them to gather more data / show more ads / get more "buy" clicks. Everything else get terminated no matter what



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