People aren’t adding each other as much on Facebook these days. The iPhone might not feel necessary in a decade. And Google searches on one of the world’s most popular smartphones are declining.
These were some of the unusually candid admissions from two separate antitrust lawsuits against Meta and Google. It was a rare acknowledgment by tech leaders that the once-innovative products on which their companies were founded might lose relevance someday.
Silicon Valley prides itself on innovation, change, and a constant quest to find “the next big thing.” The race for relevance is relentless.
Still, the admissions highlight the growing pressure tech giants face amid new threats from artificial intelligence and emerging social media apps, and how quickly any product can fall behind.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment. A Google spokesperson pointed to the company’s public statements, while a Meta spokesperson directed to specific responses from CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s courtroom testimony.
