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By the time FB bought WhatsApp it had nearly a billion users. No need for technology conspiracy nonsense.
by dingaling 3mo ago
By the time FB bought WhatsApp it had nearly a billion users. No need for technology conspiracy nonsense.
- 6902bb8a-5cea 3mo 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