I don't think the HN community would agree with the Facebook / Whatsapp acquisition. Going from a payable service at exceptional value, to what is now which is

I don't think the HN community would agree with the Facebook / Whatsapp acquisition. Going from a payable service at exceptional value, to what is now which is a free service at the cost of your meta data collection and Facebooks general business practice, have not been a positive benefit to WhatsApp viabilty or presence.