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A software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebook (www.engadget.com)

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[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What would it have cost Facebook to come up with a different name?

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

~$1,000,000,000,000 USD, which is why they're trying to do it the "easy way"

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