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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by iguy on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @05:04PM (#25365907)
> WhatsApp today is a great messaging app

But it was pretty good before they bought it, too. And widely used, IIRC was clearly the biggest in some parts of the world.

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Re:FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization by ViViDboarder on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:57PM (#25368597)
Exactly this. Because It was such a popular platform and possible social competitor is exactly the reason it shouldn’t have been allowed.
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