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Re:Facebook buys Parse by gcb0 on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:43PM (#5610098)
you laid down an excellent foundation and then just dismissed it on the conclusion.

why does buying parse makes perfect sense for facebook? you already mentioned they are doing fine there, with their little piece of the internet in their app. why would they want to support 60,000 apps that does other things out of their little corner?

....oh, will they bait and switch them? all 60,000 apps forced to login via facebook only next month?

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Re:Facebook buys Parse by jtdaugh on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:56PM (#5610168)
straight off the parse blog:

> Q: Will Parse apps have to use Facebook functionality? No.

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Re:Facebook buys Parse by jacquesm on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:31PM (#5610371)
Promises made just post acquisition have historically had a low correlation with future events.
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Re:Facebook buys Parse by hkmurakami on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:13PM (#5610276)
Unfortunately that could change in a moment's notice in the future :(
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Re:Facebook buys Parse by jcampbell1 on Thursday April 25, 2013 @06:14PM (#5610280)
I think Facebook is making a play to take over Android. Buying parse gives them an app platform and something like iCloud but it works.
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