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0 pointssnovymgodym1y ago0 comments

> There's a reason there's no M in FAANG.

Yeah, there's a very simple reason: the FAANG acronym was coined around 2013 when Microsoft was still in a rut, Ballmer was still CEO, and their stock was still down from its dot-com bubble peak.

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BlueTemplar1y ago· 2 in thread

I'm pretty sure that at least part of the reason is that Netflix (despite being much less relevant) is in the Silicon Valley, while Microsoft is not.

So this is specifically a Silicon Valley / Hacker News thing (notably relevant to lifestyle and employment issues).

The rest of the world has been using GAFAM instead, even before 2013. (I've also seen "the big 5" sometimes.)

BigGreenJorts1y ago

But Amazon is also based in Washington

BlueTemplar1y ago

Thanks, uh, I am not sure how I missed that...

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