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MomoXenosaga
on Oct 25, 2021
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WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
Post acquisition WhatsApp had to start making money.
For all the doom and gloom Facebook is still too scared of putting ads in there.
Scoundreller
on Oct 25, 2021
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Not letting a Facebook competitor get ahold of it has value in itself.
laurent92
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At least they can use it to harvest people’s networks and interests. Even more efficiently than Facebook itself.
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For all the doom and gloom Facebook is still too scared of putting ads in there.