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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by moskie on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @06:27PM (#7469680)
> Have any companies been acquired by FB and immediately gone about pushing the envelope in ways that don't strictly line up the existing business of FB?

I'm not sure how many examples are out there, but I continually have to remind myself that Facebook owns Instagram. The product hasn't really suffered, at least for no reasons I would directly associate with them being bought out by FB.

I say this as someone who is also really disappointed that Oculus is now owned by FB. But I'll give it a chance. If they still produce something awesome that isn't tainted by FB crap, I'll use it.

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Re:Facebook acquires Oculus VR by NoodleIncident on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:59PM (#7471032)
I thought that a big effect of the InstaBook deal was that FB got access to every image on the site, after an opt-out period, to use in advertisements as they please.
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