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Re:Facebook loses users for the first time by petesergeant on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:50AM (#30190230)
> was able to make deals that at first looked wildly overpriced but in the end seemed to be a steal

I wonder how much survivorship bias there is here. Presumably they've made some truly dreadful acquisitions too?

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Re:Facebook loses users for the first time by riffraff on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:26AM (#30190461)
I think Instagram and WhatsApp were the only very expensive ones. They did buy (and kill) a lot more

https://www.techwyse.com/blog/infographics/facebook-acquisit...

EDIT: and Oculus, too

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