Is Meta the least innovative big tech company?
When I look at other companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, we have the fewest products. Microsoft is portrayed on Blind as some slow corporation that takes an eternity to deliver a single feature. Yet Windows 11, laptops, Azure, Xbox, Outlook, Word, Teams, One Drive, visual studio, c#, and typescript all seem like they’re in top shape. They also have acquired GitHub, LinkedIn, Blizzard, and maybe OpenAI. Meta has Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Reality Labs… tbh continuing past “Instagram” always feels excessive because I hate most of our other products. To be fair some dev stuff like PyTorch, React, and Cassandra are cool, but as far as I’m aware none of those will bring Meta any revenue. Thoughts? 270k
Yes
I don’t think they created instagram either. I believe it was acquired
Some innovations are way behind the scenes that you don’t get to experience them directly. One example is all the complexity and decades of innovation behind Google’s simple web page But you are probably referring to the lack of new products
In comparison to the rest of big tech, yes. Google has search, maps, android, drive, YouTube, docs, chrome, etc.
Android, YouTube and chrome were acquisitions. OP you don't know shit.
oculus quest pro is pretty innovative
I kind of like them as a concept. However, it feels like it’s going to get forgotten the same way 3d glasses were. To make things worse, Apple apparently has better hardware for the same product than us unless things have changed since the last time I read about it. I might be biased because I kind of hate everything in Reality Labs, partially because of Boz.
yea you’re biased. it’s just the start. i give credit where credit is due
Every other company has x2-3 more engineers
This is hard to measure because of how much it changes year over year. It’s weird though, because according to Increditools, Google has 27k engineers, and according to another source, Meta has 32k engineers (both around 2022)
Hiring engineers has never been an issue.
Long timers can correct me, but to me the PSC cycle makes Meta feel more like a research university than a product company. It is designed to optimize growth and ads metrics. For that purpose it has everything, accountability, measurement, infrastructure, rewards, recognition, etc. But when creating new products the PSC cycle doesn't work and gets thrown out the window for higher ups. Money is poured in and there is no thought given to market fit and profitability or sustainability. Instead of making lean products that improve they consider money as unlimited and shoot for the final goal. It should be: Tire->Skateboard->bicycle->motorcycle->car It is: Barely functioning car->Somewhat functioning car that breaks down
Also Instagram was acquired, not innovated so OP correct your options.
You heard Boz it's all about Focus
Amazon is innovative but definitely not simplifying. It makes processes way too complex for the sake of appearing smart. Most of the time those projects eventually get shutdown. Meta is innovative in that it’s products have great potential but they need to put in more effort. They overthink it. For example the metaverse is a great idea but it’s worse than a 3D children’s movie. I agree accountability, measurement, infrastructure, and etc don’t translate into products people want to buy or use.
Meta is only capable of innovating through acquisition. So yeah, probably the least innovative big company
Amazon made aws big through lot of acquisition only. And aws is what has kept Amazon floating.
Amazon has: Amazon, aws, audible, kindle, movie/show streaming, music, Alexa, and has acquired Twitch