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onlyrealcuzzo on Aug 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Snap lays off 20% of employees

If Orkut got integrated into Google's ecosystem, spinning it out probably would've cost more money than they could've sold it for.

I imagine they factored this in before deciding to shut it down rather than sell it.

randoglando on Aug 31, 2022 [–]

> If Orkut got integrated into Google's ecosystem

It would have met the same fate as if it hadn't - i.e., it would have been killed off.

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