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TechCrunch Minute: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet

The Internet's mega-platforms are slowly merging into a great blob of sameness, and even the hottest companies in the world are not immune.

The Internet’s mega-platforms are slowly merging into a great blob of sameness, and even the hottest companies in the world are not immune from the trend. Recall that great Stories Boom that led to everyone from Line to Spotify to Instagram to LinkedIn trying out the popular sharing format. This theme — the slow commodification of digital services via same ification — is similar to why we’re seeing LinkedIn try to ape the New York Times’ gaming might, and to some degree why major platform companies in tech wind up trying to be good at everything: the never-ending need to grow revenue.

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