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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by throwaway9041 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:38PM (#31267876)
WhatsApp was operating at a loss when Facebook bought it in 2014 and this is when it had 600 million users. Now it has over 2 billion. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/28/whatsapp-revenue/amp/
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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by aroraneeraj on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:48PM (#31267943)
yeah read the story. " Its net cash used in operating expenses during the first half of 2014 was $13.5 million, which sounds much more reasonable."
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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by aahan5 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:10PM (#31268548)
Would the WhatsApp business model of 2014 be able to afford the vital features nowadays of voice calls, video calls, large files, etc? Do you really believe that WhatsApp would have been able to get that 1 dollar from emerging markets as well, which have a tougher time performing online transactions?
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Re:Former Facebook, WhatsApp employees lead new push to fix ... by skinnymuch on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @11:18PM (#31268991)
Does that mean Whatsapp did not burn 7+ figures a year from 2012 to 2014?
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