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Related: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind. TLDR: Facebook began trying to monetize WhatsApp in ways the founders didn't like, despite contract saying they wouldn't during the first 5 years.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Facebook began trying to monetize WhatsApp in ways the founders didn't like

That's always what it is. Big money comes in and tries to "capitalize" on an existing idea in a way that almost always ruins it. Then the website dies off, and the cycle starts again. It's sad.