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alandarev
on April 20, 2015
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Why we don't sell ads – WhatsApp Blog
No company was acquired for its "backend".
otterley
on April 20, 2015
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Nonsense. Google's acquisition of Applied Semantics (which developed AdSense) became a major revenue engine for the company. There are countless other examples as well.
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