Bier: FTC will block Meta from acquiring competitors to fix growth
Nikita Bier · Will Meta Bounce Back? (with Nikita Bier) | Where It Happens | Bonus Episode · Feb 15, 2022 · at 13:04
Nikita Bier discusses how regulatory antitrust scrutiny prevents Meta from buying competitors to counter competition from TikTok and iMessage.
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“The regulators the FTC they won't re they won't sign off on any sort of large acquisition of a user base. So They're losing users from an engagement from these two other competitors. And at the same time, they can't really buy their way out of it like they did with Instagram in the past or WhatsApp.”
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