Snapchat cannot sit still and expect to exist in 3 years.

Snapchat cannot sit still and expect to exist in 3 years. | like an interesting bellweather in that is Snapchat like are they in the hunt or not? I can't I can't sense that they're in the hunt. You can't just sit there as Snapchat and expect to exist in three years.

like an interesting bellweather in that is Snapchat like are they in the hunt or not? I can't I can't sense that they're in the hunt. You can't just sit there as Snapchat and expect to exist in three years.

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  "context": "like an interesting bellweather in that is Snapchat like are they in the hunt or not? I can't I can't sense that they're in the hunt. You can't just sit there as Snapchat and expect to exist in three years. So, you know, Meta is changing.",
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