> Facebook daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.73 billion on average for March 2020, an increase of 11% year-over-year.<p>So despite all the hate and rumors that less and less people use FB, the numbers tell a different story
Just saw TikTok cracked 2Billion downloads and had the thought that it's confirmation that the best way to "beat" any of the major tech companies is to build a great product that people enjoy. I'm sure Zuck is feeling the heat, and personally I've noticed I'm receiving mostly tiktok links now from friends.<p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/29/tiktok-tops-2-billion-downloads/" rel="nofollow">https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/29/tiktok-tops-2-billion-down...</a>
It has been interesting to see the different approaches to future planning in the wake of Covid-19 by the two big ad players.<p>While Google is looking to scale back on things like hiring, FB looks to be going all in on this opportunity and doesn't seem to be slowing down with future plans specially wrt hiring(though they have pushed back joining dates to the later half of the year). They even considered it wise to do an all cash deal for $6 billion for a minor stake in a telecom provider in India.