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YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

In the mobile era, Apple was ahead while Facebook struggled to keep up, often acquiring companies like Instagram and WhatsApp to strengthen its position.

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YC

Meta VS Apple: What Their Battle Means For AI Startups

@ Y Combinator

Meta VS Apple: What Their Battle Means For AI Startups

10/09/24

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YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

WhatsApp and Instagram, both small teams at the time of their acquisitions, leveraged Apple's platform to achieve significant growth and impact.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

In the web era, Facebook emerged as the dominant application, overshadowing Apple's web products, which were not perceived as competitive at the time.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

The competition between Facebook and Apple can be divided into three battles: the web era, the mobile era, and the emerging AI era.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

Apple won the mobile battle with the App Store, which became a crucial platform for app distribution, unlike the fragmented app ecosystems of earlier smartphones.

JL

Jean Lee

01/03/24

@ EO

Simplicity through prioritization was key to WhatsApp's success, especially during its acquisition by Facebook for $19 billion.

GM

Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Innovating continuously was crucial for Snap to fend off competition from larger social networks, which often tried to stifle its growth.

PB

Paul Buchheit

03/07/18

@ Y Combinator

FriendFeed generated a lot of buzz but struggled to grow because we competed with Facebook, which became a formidable competitor.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

11/30/21

@ Y Combinator

Facebook was always profitable from its early days, which allowed Mark Zuckerberg to maintain significant ownership and control over the company.

PB

Paul Buchheit

10/25/18

@ Y Combinator

I realized that Facebook was an unstoppable force in social networking, and that competing with them was a significant challenge.