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		AbrahamParangi on Jan 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iO... I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say Apple and Facebook are competitors. Apple makes its money selling stuff, Facebook by selling attention. That being said, the incentives for Apple to become more like Facebook are quite strong and you can see it in the direction Microsoft has gone with Cortana and in-OS ads.

r00fus on Jan 30, 2019 [–]

So who are you positing as becoming more like Facebook, Apple or Microsoft? Or do you assume that they’re equivalent?

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