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Chances are he wouldn't have created WhatsApp at Facebook so this is actually a win all around for both parties (assuming Facebook can find the value they think

• nilkn 13y ago
  > assuming Facebook can find the value they think they will in WhatsApp History has shown it is quite difficult to monetize a large user base acquired in this way. It is very possible that Facebook will get nothing out of this besides the elimination of an opponent. That said, there's really nothing particularly special about WhatsApp. There are many other apps just like it. Perhaps it just came a bit sooner than the others, but it seems clear that something else would have taken its place had WhatsApp never been made.