{"id":442312,"date":"2022-05-05T15:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/former-whatsapp-exec-regrets-selling-the-app-to-facebook\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:39:06","slug":"former-whatsapp-exec-regrets-selling-the-app-to-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/former-whatsapp-exec-regrets-selling-the-app-to-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"#Former WhatsApp exec regrets selling the app to Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0eb6d13b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0eb6d13b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/former-whatsapp-exec-regrets-selling-the-app-to-facebook\/#%E2%80%9CFormer_WhatsApp_exec_regrets_selling_the_app_to_Facebook%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Former WhatsApp exec regrets selling the app to Facebook&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFormer_WhatsApp_exec_regrets_selling_the_app_to_Facebook%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Former WhatsApp exec regrets selling the app to Facebook&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F06%2Falexander-shatov-_qsuER9xYOY-unsplash-e1622715808360.jpg&amp;signature=839375244f4b1cfb3c8f1262dc68c5e5\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                            With more than 2 billion users, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> is one of the most popular chat platforms in the world.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not keen to rest on its laurels. The Facebook-owned product is expanding into new territories, like shopping and payments. The company is also thinking about even showing ads on the app \u2014 but not everyone is happy with these developments.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, these have led one ex-WhatsApp executive to believe selling the product to Facebook was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Niraj Arora, former Chief Business Officer for WhatsApp, said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neerajarora\/status\/1521964283466113024?s=20&amp;t=2hunMCTkyJprt9TKysBMTQ\">a Twitter thread<\/a> that he regrets handing over the company to Zuckerberg &amp; co. for $22 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Arora noted that during the acquisition, Facebook (now Meta), promised WhatsApp\u2019s team that they\u2019d have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neerajarora\/status\/1521964285861109761?s=20&amp;t=eDkVSJnkIj-p1oxTeTJ2pQ\">complete independence on product decisions<\/a>, and it won\u2019t push to show ads on the chat app.<\/p>\n<p>The WhatsApp team also tried to secure no cross-platform tracking and user data mining, which Facebook management agreed to at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As we began talking through the acquisition, and made our stance very clear:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 No mining user data<br \/>\u2013 No ads (ever)<br \/>\u2013 No cross-platform tracking<\/p>\n<p>FB and their management agreed and we thought they believed in our mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 neeraj arora (@neerajarora) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neerajarora\/status\/1521964291624112128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Brian Acton, one of the app\u2019s co-founders, left Facebook in 2017. A year later, he gave an interview to Forbes, where he said that Facebook had plans of showing ads on WhatsApp even before the deal went through.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Jan Koum \u2014 WhatsApp\u2019s other co-founder \u2014 and Arora left the company.<\/p>\n<p>Arora said that WhatsApp, which is Meta\u2019s biggest platform after the blue app, is now \u201ca shadow of the product we poured our hearts into, and wanted to build for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tech companies need to admit when they have done wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knew in the beginning that Facebook would become a Frankenstein monster that devoured user data and spat out dirty money.<\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t either.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 neeraj arora (@neerajarora) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neerajarora\/status\/1521964297311588352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meta has a long history of founders of its acquisitions leaving the company because of management practices. In 2018, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger \u2014 the founders of Instagram \u2014 left the firm because there was reportedly tension between them and Zuckerberg over the direction of the app.<\/p>\n<p>VR Company Oculus\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/08\/13\/facebook-is-losing-its-last-oculus-co-founder\/#:~:text=Today%2C%20the%20final%20Oculus%20co,news%20soon%20after%20on%20Twitter.\">co-founder Nate Mitchell and former CEO Brendan Iribe<\/a> also left the social media giant because of management differences.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Silverman \u2014 founder, and CEO of analytics tool CrowdTangle \u2014 left Meta last October. Now, he\u2019s trying to help Congress pass laws that force <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/02\/business\/media\/crowdtangle-facebook-brandon-silverman.html\">the Big Tech to be more transparent about their work processes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meta acquires a gamut of companies every year \u2014 so expect to keep seeing stories about disgruntled executives leaving the organization. Well, unless its management practices change, but we don\u2019t see that happening any time soon.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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