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If you feel, like I do, that if WhatsApp were not acquired by Facebook a) their growth rate would not have been much smaller b) they would probably have just a
by thr0waway1239 10y ago
If you feel, like I do, that if WhatsApp were not acquired by Facebook
a) their growth rate would not have been much smaller
b) they would probably have just as much or greater user engagement than what FB has today
then the actual question should be:
"What is actually going on which allows such acquisitions to bypass the antitrust laws?"
- tim333 10y agoI was thinking it could be a good thing to use antitrust laws to prevent Facebook dominating by buying its competitors. I mean winning by having the best product is fair play but not by buying anyone who may be a threat. I'm not up on antitrust law - I'm guessing they don't apply to social networks currently?
- thesagan 10y agoRegarding Google and Facebook, I'm hearing antitrust muttered in the office where I work, lately. (A digital publisher) I'm ready for some more noise on this issue, publicly.