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I read that blog post when the acquisition was announced ... And laughed! While it feels like the (then) WhatsApp CEO was sincere, did anyone really believe th
by smoyer 10y ago
I read that blog post when the acquisition was announced ... And laughed! While it feels like the (then) WhatsApp CEO was sincere, did anyone really believe that Zuckerberg would be a hands-off owner? Or that his public-only data content ideas wouldn't become dominant? I'll agree that I think this move contradicts his blog post but I also don't think the purchased entity gets to set the terms after agreeing to be bought ... That would be an interesting contract to read.
- saiya-jin 10y agoyou wouldn't pay 2 billion for messaging app with few hundred millions of users that is without ads and doesn't make any money to be philanthropic about it, would you (or anybody else)
- tsunamifury 10y ago22 billion
- yoghurt 10y agoWell, they could've actually started charging for the service. $1 a year was more than reasonable for me.
- jsudhams 10y agoI remember it said 1$ from next year onwards and first year was free. May if they weren't not bought out by FB that would have been their option and it would have been a better one. Not sure why any of the lead not start new clone and start charging
- coldcode 10y ago20 Billion. 2 Billion was what it was worth. Maybe.
- newscracker 10y agoI for one didn't believe that blog post and deleted my WhatsApp account the moment the acquisition notice came up. It didn't make much sense why a messaging platform would be bought for $19 billion and not used by Facebook to better target advertising.