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> Most of the deals Facebook did to buy WhatsApp, Instagram and others where approved by the US government. Facebook promised at the time that Instagram and Wh
by senko 6y ago
> Most of the deals Facebook did to buy WhatsApp, Instagram and others where approved by the US government.
Facebook promised at the time that Instagram and WhatsApp would operate independently, which probably played a part in the govt. decision.
That promise has been broken. Seems fair that the approval might be reconsidered in light of this.
- switch11 6y agothey also promised to not share data between services which is also broken