News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private. Parent comment

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by boppo1 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:48PM (#31030501)
Wait, you're saying FB was allowed to buy Insta because regulators assumed they'd fumble the ball? That they wanted Insta to die off?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by mikepurvis on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:03PM (#31031727)
I think more just that there was precedent for that type/scale of acquisition.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by majormajor on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:52PM (#31032413)
But Facebook bought Instagram before Vine was a thing, the causality is backward if you're interested in why FB/Insta was approved!
[ Parent | on HN ]