I'm no longer promoting this show on Twitter, so I can really use some help giving this a plug this week! Really appreciate a share, and I hope to see you in the chat! The podcast is live! https://www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy #SGGQA 328: A Weekend With the iQOO 12, The End of XPERIA Phones, Instagram Chat and Messenger Split, Alibaba Animates Anyone
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What a crazy week! Meta might be breaking up Instagram and Messenger ahead of regulators pressuring them. Alibaba is scanning tiktokers to make new AI tools. Verizon bungled some basic security for user data. Alex Jones is back on Twitter. Some REALLY interesting games are coming soon! Sony might retire the XPERIA.
Aside: Brands 1–14 listed above are available here in the #Philippines, even though some of those were made exclusively for certain countries and regions (and you wouldn't even see the Philippines mentioned in news and wikis).
Many of these brands already overtook #Apple, #Motorola, #Nokia, and even #Samsung in many countries, as far as sales are concerned.
So the question is:
If the accusations and assumptions against these companies are true, where do we draw the line?