Some really fascinating testimony this morning from IG cofounder Kevin Systrom in the Meta-FTC antitrust trial. He accused Meta of starving the app of resources, claiming that CEO Mark Zuckerberg views IG as a "threat" to Facebook (gift link)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/instagram-s-systrom-claims-app-could-have-thrived-without-meta?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NTMzOTk4MiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ1OTQ0NzgyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVjNMTUFUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGQTUwMzI1N0EwREI0MkNCOTNGM0YyODVENEIzRDNCMSJ9.wMODITPNNw8Vay3B3BAMem1-ZVN0txFG15QsJllaYkA

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