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These sorts of disagreements and exits happen all the time, but they are usually kept quiet and excuses are made. It's unusual to see this done quite publicly,
by crunchlibrarian 8y ago
These sorts of disagreements and exits happen all the time, but they are usually kept quiet and excuses are made. It's unusual to see this done quite publicly, apparently hand in hand with a journalist. I'm guessing he wanted to spark some debate.
- saagarjha 8y agoOf course, that's why the article was written. Here's the first line in it: > The billionaire chief executive of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, is planning to leave the company after clashing with its parent, Facebook, over the popular messaging service’s strategy and Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption, according to people familiar with internal discussions. So obviously it's meant to spark some sort of discussion on Facebook's attempts to remove security features so that it can monetize the app better.
- zapita 8y agoI don't see any evidence that Koum collaborated with the author of this piece. It's more likely that the article is entirely based on leaks and rumors, like the majority of Silicon Valley gossip articles.
- mark212 8y agoIt could also be a "no really, I'm leaving" announcement to end debate internally. He leaks it publicly and baldly and now there's no going back.