Facebook Home
A Facebook-branded Android fork launched on HTC hardware.
- 1Launch Android forkFacebook-branded, on HTC hardware
- 2Execute it fullyRan for a year and a half
- 3Learn the stackCarriers, OEMs, certification, operating systems
- 4End the projectMosseri stopped it once it dragged on
From Adam Mosseri on Facebook Home
What was said about Facebook Home
Running Facebook Home to its end showed whether the idea had market fit. Facebook Home was a Facebook-branded fork of Android launched on HTC hardware, and it was a spectacular failure. Executing it fully showed whether the idea was good, and Adam Mosseri, for whom it was the first project as a PM, learned more in that year and a half than in any other.
He learned about carriers, OEMs, certification and operating systems. He also ended the project when it had dragged on. Quote: "sometimes the best thing you can do is execute an idea that doesn't have market fit well just to decide whether or not the idea was a good idea in the first place."
The rise of taste, human authenticity and judgment in an AI world | Adam Mosseri (Head of IG)
Mosseri's first project as a PM, and a spectacular failure. Running it to its end taught him more than any other year and a half, about carriers, OEMs and certification.
Running Facebook Home to its end showed whether the idea had market fit. Facebook Home was a Facebook-branded fork of Android launched on HTC hardware, and it was a spectacular failure. Executing it fully showed whether the idea was good, and Adam Mosseri, for whom it was the first project as a PM, learned more in that year and a half than in any other.
He learned about carriers, OEMs, certification and operating systems. He also ended the project when it had dragged on. Quote: "sometimes the best thing you can do is execute an idea that doesn't have market fit well just to decide whether or not the idea was a good idea in the first place."
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