After the deal of 19 billion, The founder of Whatsapp demands everyone delete Facebook
Despite the deal that made him a billionaire, Brian Acton, one of the founders of Whatsapp, ask Facebook users to delete the application And stop using it. Five years after the sale of Whatsapp to the giant social networking sites for $ 19 billion.
As a guest speaker at Computer Science 181, A semester focusing on the social impact and ethical responsibilities of technology companies, Acton, 33 years old, He is a graduate of Stanford University, he pointed out to Wallpapers of the decision to sell WhatsApp to Facebook " 2014".
After the sale, Acton and co-founder Jean-Come continued to "supervise" Whatsapp work, Under the umbrella of Facebook.
As far as selling to Facebook, Acton said he and Jancom were fed up, thinking about continuing what they used to do but introducing a way to diversify revenue.
Acton wanted to continue to impose a small fee on users of the Whatsapp application, as the company did in its early days, as part of its vision to offer a physical alternative to Facebook ads that analyze users' data and offer them to advertisers.
Acton and Gencom hoped that their goal would be achieved without compromising the privacy and security of users, unlike Facebook, That's why he invites users to delete the app.
"WhatsApp's vision was: We'll give you a year's service for $ 1. This was not unusual profit, and if you have 1 billion users ... you get $ 1 billion in revenue every year," said Acton.
"This is what Google does not want or Facebook. The two companies want billions of dollars. "
All that was quoted by the site "BuzzFeed" American talk about Acton in the computer Science 181 did not address the details of decision-making, Or whether there is pressure from the two companies (Google and Facebook) to stop the Whatsapp plan about the revenue.
A Whatsapp Spokesman declined to comment on Acton's remarks, and instead warned Buzzfeed News of a blog published by the company when it abolished the one dollar fee in 2016.
The change in Whatsapp ownership led Acton and Jan Com to move away from decision-making, with Whatsapp owned by shareholders and Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook.
But Acton left in November 2017 after more than three years in the company following tensions over ads on the messaging platform, which he and Jan Kom strongly opposed.
While Jean-Com announced that he would leave Facebook in April amid reports that he disagreed with the company's plans to invest in Whatsapp and its approach to user data and privacy.
As a guest speaker at Computer Science 181, A semester focusing on the social impact and ethical responsibilities of technology companies, Acton, 33 years old, He is a graduate of Stanford University, he pointed out to Wallpapers of the decision to sell WhatsApp to Facebook " 2014".
After the sale, Acton and co-founder Jean-Come continued to "supervise" Whatsapp work, Under the umbrella of Facebook.
As far as selling to Facebook, Acton said he and Jancom were fed up, thinking about continuing what they used to do but introducing a way to diversify revenue.
Acton wanted to continue to impose a small fee on users of the Whatsapp application, as the company did in its early days, as part of its vision to offer a physical alternative to Facebook ads that analyze users' data and offer them to advertisers.
Acton and Gencom hoped that their goal would be achieved without compromising the privacy and security of users, unlike Facebook, That's why he invites users to delete the app.
"WhatsApp's vision was: We'll give you a year's service for $ 1. This was not unusual profit, and if you have 1 billion users ... you get $ 1 billion in revenue every year," said Acton.
"This is what Google does not want or Facebook. The two companies want billions of dollars. "
All that was quoted by the site "BuzzFeed" American talk about Acton in the computer Science 181 did not address the details of decision-making, Or whether there is pressure from the two companies (Google and Facebook) to stop the Whatsapp plan about the revenue.
A Whatsapp Spokesman declined to comment on Acton's remarks, and instead warned Buzzfeed News of a blog published by the company when it abolished the one dollar fee in 2016.
The change in Whatsapp ownership led Acton and Jan Com to move away from decision-making, with Whatsapp owned by shareholders and Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook.
But Acton left in November 2017 after more than three years in the company following tensions over ads on the messaging platform, which he and Jan Kom strongly opposed.
While Jean-Com announced that he would leave Facebook in April amid reports that he disagreed with the company's plans to invest in Whatsapp and its approach to user data and privacy.
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