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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor (www.semafor.com)

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The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk’s chaotic social platform.

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[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I don't think anyone but Google itself takes the name "Alphabet" seriously, either.

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[–] blake@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago

It really only gets used legally.

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[–] GizmoLion@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

Alphabet owns Google, Google isn't alphabet per se.

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Google is Alphabet. It was created by restructuring its companies under one umbrella company.

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[–] GizmoLion@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago

So what you're saying is that Alphabet became the parent company, and owns its subsidiary Google, and that Google isn't Alphabet itself per se.

Thanks for the insight.

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