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benthompson I think a nuanced approach needs to be taken — and observing whether the acquisition is to suppress a competitor or to add innovation to the larger company. Under that lens, Instagram would have been allowed — it was a tiny, but very exciting, new entrant in 2010.
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benthompson Meanwhile, WhatsApp was more transparently motivated by preventing people from escaping Facebook’s reach, they already had a successful entrant in a by-then-mature space.
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