Hi!
Today I would like to tell you something no one talks about on the Internet,
or at least almost no one.
As you can see in the title before clicking on the video,
because that's what normal people do.
Well I'm going to talk about that sort of war opposing Facebook to Snapchat.
What you need to know first is that it's an one-sided war,
because only Facebook is participating, Snapchat doesn't really care.
First I'm going to contextualize.
Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and is the most famous and used social media
in the world with more than a billion active users everyday.
In 2012 they purchase Instagram for the price of a billion dollars,
you'll see, this info will be useful for later in my explanation.
On the other hand, there is Snapchat, an app created in 2011 by Evan Spiegel,
who is today the youngest billionaire in the world,
replacing Mark Zuckerberg, very funny.
Really funny.
And the Snapchat app is developed by Snap Inc,
founded in September 2016, the parent company which comes ahead,
exactly like Alphabet and Google.
This is where it's becoming interesting.
In 2012, Facebook launch Poke, an app which is a near-exact copy of Snapchat
precisely to compete with Snapchat.
Of course it doesn't take off and compensate that failure,
Facebook tries to buy Snapchat for $3B.
Not that much...
Of course Snapchat declines and from there Facebook starts the hostilities .
It's insane, insane, from there... woooh.
Ouch aaah, I punched the wall.
And then it's the beginning of countless attempts from Facebook to get to Snapchat's level.
Spoiler alert: they don't succeed.
Ah shit, I'm bleeding...
And it continues in 2014 with this time an app called Slingshot.
Still the same concept, although slightly different this time,
you need to send a picture to see one,
it's complicated, not practical, one again a Snapchat copy and another failure.
We're in 2014 and there is ONCE AGAIN an app which allows
to send to send destructibles items.
This time it's from Instagram and it's called Bolt, it's the same concept as Snapchat
but way less better than Snapchat.
An umpteenth attempts which is going to end in the depths of Internet.
We suppose that they understood their lesson at Facebook,
trying to create an app too similar to Snapchat, it's going nowhere.
So Zuck has an idea.
They are now going to only take pieces of Snapchat.
And they are going to add them in Facebook products.
So in 2015 appear the Disappearing Messages,
a feature only tested in France.
It's the outbreak, absolutely everyone is using them.
By mistake...
...but everyone is using them.
You perhaps remember, you had the ability to enable them
to send messages which an hour later wouldn't exist anymore.
I know a lot of people who activated this option,
I don't know anyone who activated it on purpose.
Today this feature isn't available because to send those kind of messages
you just have to use the Snapchat chat.
Becomes it's where the idea come from.
Way more practical.
I did a Snapchat story about the upcoming subject, those who follow me, probably saw it.
torresromain on Snapchat
Early 2016, Facebook purchased the app MSQRD,
developed by a Belorussian startup, Masquerade.
Exactly the same as the Lenses on Snapchat.
How is that? You don't know what the Lenses are?
Of course you do, those Augmented Reality animations that y'all are calling "filters" or "effects"
and which aren't funny anymore since the day we puked rainbows.
Yep... since the first day.
MSQRD still exists and it's an alone app
not very famous and useless, mainly when you know that you can do the same on Snapchat.
Directly IN Snapchat.
Next thing is heavy, originality speaking with the Messenger Codes.
You maybe missed it, I didn't,
when you go on your profile for the Messenger app,
you can see that code which oddly reminds us of Snapchat's snapcodes.
So yes, I know QR Codes weren't invented by Snapchat,
but the concept to add someone on social media using a flashcode comes from them.
Contrary of snapcodes that I've seen used a lot,
I never saw someone use that.
Actually, I don't even know if a lot of people are aware of that feature.
So, haha, if you think this ends here, you didn't listen since the beginning of this video.
Here's the best thing.
Facebook from now on forbids you to have a snapcode as profile picture.
Proof!
When you can't get to the level of your competitors,
why not prevent them from spreading, easier right?
Yes, easier, way easier.
Vicious but easier.
Personally I changed my snapcode's color to make it white,
so when I had it as profile picture on my Facebook page, it never got noticed.
HEHEHEHE.
Well, time to eat!
Because Facebook is a mainstream social media for the 18-25 years old
and that the best social media for this age rage is Snapchat,
this time they decided to attack differently.
By the way, if you don't believe me, watch my favorite video on Internet, by Casey Neistat.
I put the link in the description, you'll find it.
Lifestage is an app that you can't use if you're over 21 years old.
The concept is for once different of Snapchat but I bet that you didn't hear about it.
At least, it's not very alive for now.
Lastly... We're going to talk about the most outrageous update in the history of social medias.
It's outrageous... It's... It's absolutely insane.
It's an Instagram update.
The arrival of Instagram... stories.
Without a damn concern,
they stoled not only Snapchat's biggest feature's name,
but also stoled the entire fucking idea.
For once, everyone heard about that.
I mean it's so big for an intellectual property theft that we couldn't miss it.
I'm still waiting for Snapchat to drag those thieves of Instagram and Facebook to court,
for that unscrupulous theft,
so they'll get back the billion of dollars they deserve.
Recently Instagram added new features to their stories
that aren't on Snapchat.
And for the first time in this tale,
Snapchat answered to this theft by also adding those features to their stories.
And still today, Instagram is continuously stealing
Snapchat ideas to put them in their stories.
At Instagram HQ, they don't do meetings to now what improvements they can do
for their stories, no no!
They do meetings to know what improvements thay can steal from Snapchat.
If you ask me, I'm 100% team Snapchat stories.
Their stories Instagram, they can make Mark Zuckerberg eat them.
I'm in constant boycott of Instagram stories and I don't hesitate to criticize those who watch some.
Or those who post some.
By the way, there's been a new Snapchat update recently
which was put online the day before I shot this video.
So for you, exactly one week ago.
Yes, i'm uploading this video on the 30th because it's been exactly a year I published my first video here.
It's made as an anniversary.
So, a new version, the 10.0.0.0 version for iOS, a redesign of the app.
With this new version by the way, they announce that they're going to fight fake news,
mostly on Discover, which seems necessary
when we know that in only 10 days governing, Donald Trump and his administration
threw to our faces a lot of "Alternative Facts".
Awesome!
Facebook trying desperately to copy Snapchat, in vain
since Snapchat refused to be bought by the Palo Alto firm.
While the Venice company, has more a strategy which consists in ignoring Facebook's
debacle and let them try everything to get to Snapchat's level.
Snap Inc know that they are above them and don't belittle themselves to Facebook level
trying to simply steal others' ideas.
Though this strategy already worked at Facebook, mainly with Twitter.
Anyhow, Snapchat remains the best social media, head to head with Twitter,
meanwhile Facebook is way behind.
But they though remain first on the market buying everything around them, kind of crazy.
It's the end of this video, next time I'll tell you everything on the Yemenite war
because it's also a not very known conflict and because I love talking about war.
More seriously, like I said earlier, I know have a Facebook page
and if you send me a private message, you'll have an idea of the subject
of my next video which will be there in a few weeks I hope.
If you liked this display of a not very known conflict
you can subscribe and follow me on social medias, all the links are in the description below.
I also put links to deepen your knowledges on the subject.
I'll see you next time and I'm going to leave that way.
I couldn't end this video without introduce you to Snapchat,
the gift my friends gave me for my birthday.
A goldfish!
Yes, absolutely.
Look at him, his in his tank. Quietly.
By the way, they gave him this name, I didn't.
So we're going to close this video by a metaphor.
There, Snapchat doesn't care about Facebook's attacks.
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