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		magice on Oct 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Frightful Five Put Startups in a Lose-Lose... Independent news sources provide investigations critical to the state, which state run media do not. It's like GNU/Linux or Android to Windows or iOS. They provide excellent value as well as competitive advantages. SnapChat vs Whatsapp? well.....

mbesto on Oct 19, 2017 [–]

> all of these "web startups" are not very innovative.

So are you basically just lumping "SnapChat and Whatsapp" into "all of these web startups". That seems terribly myopic don't you think?

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