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> I don't know if Zuck had the foresight at the time, but Instagram has obviously been an amazing hedge against apps like Snapchat. I wish all of us have the "
by denzil_correa 8y ago
> I don't know if Zuck had the foresight at the time, but Instagram has obviously been an amazing hedge against apps like Snapchat.
I wish all of us have the "foresight" to give away a "free" data-security VPN app to "protect" browsing and keep the user "safe". You can then surreptitiously use the traffic to for competitor intelligence and buy them off [0].
[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-onavo-gives-social-media-firm-inside-peek-at-rivals-users-1502622003 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-onavo-gives-social-me...
- zamber 8y agoWhen they bought Onavo I didin't see that coming. Thought they wanted to assimilate it with the brand in some way. Thanks for the insight.
- cjhopman 8y agoReally? That surprises me considering that Onavo was doing that well before Facebook bought them: https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/08/onavo-insights/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/08/onavo-insights/
- zamber 8y agoI came from the context of data compression apps (worked on one). Before the Onavo acquisition FBs internet.org was on full blast. Made sense FB would want to incorporate compression with it. Looks like it was just a smoke screen. Onavlo from the get-go looked like a data harvesting operation though. The app was clunky at best, the compression lacking.