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They spied on their mobile users with the Facebook app to detect Instagram and WhatsApp growth early
by eloisant 4mo ago
They spied on their mobile users with the Facebook app to detect Instagram and WhatsApp growth early
- apsurd 4mo agocorporate espionage at global scale to get ahead of existential threats is some pretty insightful leadership, it’s all a matter of what team you’re rooting for.
- dingaling 4mo agoBy the time FB bought WhatsApp it had nearly a billion users. No need for technology conspiracy nonsense.
- 6902bb8a-5cea 4mo agoI guess it's hard to say how much them monitoring their (potential) competitors influenced their decisions but it's definitely _not_ conspiracy nonsense and pretty well documented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47281906 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47281906