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That interview was bad. They're trying to make you feel bad for the Instagram founders because they were too stupid to realize that after you _sell_ your compan
by throwaway4715 6y ago
That interview was bad. They're trying to make you feel bad for the Instagram founders because they were too stupid to realize that after you _sell_ your company you don't own it anymore. Also, per that interview, Instagram only became sustainable under Facebook.
Hard to feel bad about it.
- seppin 6y ago> Instagram only became sustainable under Facebook. That's an incredible leap to say IG couldn't develop their own ad network as a stand alone company. Hire a few people away from Google with options in a growing company the same way FB did. If IG didn't sell they would have fully killed Facebook's relevancy by now.
- throwaway4715 6y agoYeah, but the IG founders didn't want to put ads on the product at all. It was not a sustainable business while in their control.
- seppin 6y agoDo you have a source that they refused any ads at all? There's a difference between having a few tasteful ones and overloading it like it currently is.