
I’ve seen a number of folks try to make this argument about TikTok’s stunning rise, since is absolutely shatters the prevailing, popular narrative about big tech “mOnOPoLiEs.”
State support is not the X Factor. The EU threw its weight behind a Google competitor that failed.


Google tried to make an app that would kill Facebook like, four or five times and failed every time. If merely throwing resources at something were all you needed, they would have succeeded

Patrick Hedger @PatHedger18

NYC new hospitalizations for the past 8 days:
198
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193
214
143
142
176
There's growth, but it's hardly a disaster (today only 12% higher than last Thursday) and hard to distinguish from modest growth that had already been occurring under Delta.

Mayor Bill de Blasio @NYCMayor