> Make no mistake: our future partnership with Facebook will not compromise the vision that brought us to this point. I think this phrasing is the most telling

> Make no mistake: our future partnership with Facebook will not compromise the vision that brought us to this point. I think this phrasing is the most telling. This is not a partnership. Facebook wholly owns Whatsapp. As soon as Facebook decides that their vision for Whatsapp is more important than the vision laid out in this post, Whatsapp will be powerless to do anything. The fact that Jan Koum now sits on Facebook's board may help to mitigate any change to Whatsapp, but it does not change this fundamental fact.