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I'm not sure that sort of relativism makes sense. Making a really bad purchase doesn't make your earlier merely bad purchases less bad.
You really think Instagram was a bad purchase.
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Or facebook is trying to trivialize and destroy the startup market.
Destroy? There will be a host of new messaging startups created off the back of this, and suddenly the Snapchat valuation looks sane. Do one thing that Facebook does but better is the new gold rush. Sure, most of them will fail hard without raising a cent in revenue, but others will start to threaten to chip away at Facebook's market share.. Anecdata: I get a lot more messages on FB messenger than WhatsApp...
This will be the largest Israeli Startup Exit of all times I think.
400,000,000 active users [0] 16,000,000,000 USD ---- $40 per user That's an incredible cost. We can assume Facebook is paying for the userbase, the app itself and it's infrastructure would basically run itself. It's less appealing when you realise that there's probably a miniscule fraction of WhatsApp users that don't have a Facebook account. > WhatsApp will remain autonomous and operate independently. You can contin…
I am speechless.... Even if I apply all my knowledge about valuation, product market fit, historical knowledge and add a glass is half full attitude to this acquisition I can't fathom that evaluation. Then I think about instagram selling for "only" 1B and it kind of make sense. Kind of...
16B? That's a B, people. While there are a lot of whatsapp users (and people have to pay to use it), wow, that's still a lot of money! How can they justify revenue that way? How can any company ever consider such acquisition? I don't even think Google can even make 16B like this. See this discussion: http://www.quora.com/WhatsApp-Messenger/How-much-revenue-is-... $20M net revenue, at most, right? With future expansio…
I used WhatsApp to stay away from FB's chat app. Telegram is picking up popularity within my circles... I'll default to that
http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2012/06/why-we-dont-sell-...
according the WhatsApp blog, its going to be staying ad-free. http://blog.whatsapp.com/index.php/2014/02/facebook/
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Why do you love it? I'm honestly curious as to what it does that SMS, Messenger or other messaging apps don't do.
I get charged a fee per SMS, but I just need an internet connection with WhatsApp. Even when I'm abroad and I switch my SIM card to a different provider contacts can still reach me. I can have group chats in WhatsApp and send video, images and sound. Plus I like how it lets me know if messages have been delivered. It's also fast and doesn't drain my battery mercilessly. The times I've tried Skype on my mobile device…
I like how you nailed the reason for Facebook buying WhatsApp.