On: UK regulator set to block Meta's Giphy deal

[zethraeus]

The argument’s about societal wastefulness, not FB’s business acumen.

I.e. It’s nontrivial to be more wasteful than it would be to have multiple teams duplicating the same product.

(Strong disagree on your suggestion that the centralisation generally makes them less stable/secure, but granted on the tail risks.)

[blowski → zethraeus]

If we want to talk about "societal wastefulness", then we can probably stop wasting resources on Facebook in the first place.

[ShamelessC → blowski]

Sounds good to me. My social media usage is restricted to GitHub and Hacker News. HN is on the chopping block however.