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> Then he did it again with WhatsApp. As an outsider, it hasn’t been clear that whatsapp has generated any meaningful amount of cash flow 9 years after acquisi
by dilippkumar 3y ago
> Then he did it again with WhatsApp.
As an outsider, it hasn’t been clear that whatsapp has generated any meaningful amount of cash flow 9 years after acquisition.
For a price tag of $19 billion, I’m not sure how to see this as a win.
- Sai_ 3y agoClearly your WhatsApp hasn't been inundated with offers from a proliferation of Jio* named companies. They're monetizing WhatsApp for sure - it's just that they are monetizing it through intermediaries offering transactional and marketing content.
- dilippkumar 3y agoActually, it has not. There have been 0 advertisements on WhatsApp for me. Also, half my friends have migrated over to Signal anyways, advertisements on whatsapp will just speed up that transition I suppose.
- netsharc 3y agoOn the flip side, Zuck did see them as a big threat in the messaging area, so buying them was a way to stop making them a threat. I wonder if Zuck saw that WhatsApp could also pivot to social media, apparently people had stopped sharing stuff on FB and started sharing them on private group chats instead. Later on WA did add stories, but that was Zuck's "fuck you" to Snapchat.