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18 billion for a free app that as no ads and no user data. Company barely breaks even. facebook doesn't even know know how it will use it to make money. doesn't offer much of an increase in communication ability for FB users.1

Did Zuckerberg goof this time?

>> No.119627

WhatsApp is not free. It's 1$ or 1€ per year and with 200M users that is a lot.

>> No.119632

NSA paid for it.

All the pakis and durkas use WhatsApp.

>> No.119650

>>119627
Users were able to get the free app before it decided to go with that model.

Some users of the 200m will essentially not contribute to whatever revenues you think is a lot.

I frankly downloaded during that free app promotion because I was hyped by some family members. I moved on but I am sure many people recognized WhatsApp during the same time of the promotion

>> No.119658

It's called strategy. They bought it before the competition bought it

>> No.119661

>>119627
lel
>implying everyone pays that much
>implying $200M is a lot of money
great they can get a return on investment in 100 years

>>119632
>>119632
this

>> No.119721

>>119714
>And they have hundreds of planes that cost hundreds of millions of dollars each.

All of which have either been leased or carry financing.

>> No.119714

>>119627
>>119658
still 18,000,000,000. American airlines isn't valued at that much. And they have hundreds of planes that cost hundreds of millions of dollars each.

>> No.119730

>>119658
This, but they have grossly overpaid.

>> No.119776

>>119632
bingo, although FB is more of a CIA thing, (although it's needless to say that the NSA is all over that shit)

--FB now has 200 mil VERIFIED phone numbers that will be tied to accounts

>> No.119868

now the question is: will we see anyone in mainstream media bring up the CIA/NSA angle?

>> No.119878
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>>119868
don't hold your breath

>> No.119933

>>119714
You mean AIG owns their hundreds of planes

>> No.119995

>>119933
Airlines get their planes financed through the government since no one else will make loans for that much. AIG is only an insurance company.

>> No.120028

>>119995
AIG had the biggest airplane leasing operation in the world

>> No.120149

yes nigga tripn

>> No.120257

It was really on 4 billion in cash anyways

>> No.120303

>>120257
that's still too much. I wouldn't have gone over 999,999,999.99