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Also, it's cheap to buy cool. Facebook has built a machine to monetize cool social apps. There will always be new apps for them to buy and monetize.
by onlyrealcuzzo 5y ago
Also, it's cheap to buy cool. Facebook has built a machine to monetize cool social apps. There will always be new apps for them to buy and monetize.
- hef19898 5y agoSure. But what worked with WhatsApp might not work with the next cool social app. Snapchat IPOed, and why would the typical founder of a hockeystick growing social network sell to facebook if there is a realistic chance of becoming the next facebook? Not that we would be off any better, so.
- pessimizer 5y agoBecause they won't wait until there's a 25% chance of becoming the next facebook to buy something, they'll do it when there's a 5% chance. There's at least 5 years between that 5% and 25% chance; to have that 5% chance means you probably have 50 million users. And after this company turns down that first offer, and after facebook releases the clone, they'll take the second. I don't think anyone has had a realistic chance of becoming facebook since facebook became facebook. Google didn't have a realistic chance of becoming facebook, and they partially wrecked a lot of their other properties in the attempt.