WhatsApp is the largest messaging platform in the world, we know this without a doubt, but even so, a lot of people were completely stunned by a decision that was taken, and that could lead to a radical change. The US authorities that regulate trade, and competition among others, sued the Facebook company, and among the claims they have included the sale of WhatsApp and Instagram.
WhatsApp is the largest messaging platform in the world, with over 2 billion users, followed by Facebook Messenger, with over 1.5 billion users, both owned by the Facebook company. The American company was sued by the FTC, in tandem with almost all the federal states, being accused of forcing competitors to sell their businesses, otherwise destroying them, and thus would have bought WhatsApp or Instagram as well.
WhatsApp: The UNEXPECTED decision that SURPRISED MILLIONS of People
WhatsApp it was Facebook's biggest acquisition to date, with a total of $19 billion, so it's hard to say that here anyone was forced to sell their business without earning colossal amounts of money in return. In the case of Instagram, the amount was 19 times lower than in the case of WhatsApp, so the acquisition can be discussed there, but the authorities are focusing on other smaller companies that Facebook either bought or destroyed, Vine being one of them.
"Facebook Inc could be forced to sell its prized WhatsApp and Instagram assets after the US Federal Trade Commission and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a 'buy or bury' strategy to to take on rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.”
WhatsApp can be considered one of Facebook's most "successful" acquisitions, managing to surpass all its other services in terms of usage, with the exception of the social network, but not when it comes to revenues. Now the American authorities want to cancel this acquisition made by Facebook, and WhatsApp would return to... its creators who worked at Facebook for several years, collecting billions of dollars from the acquisition, and leaving with harsh accusations launched against the company .
WhatsApp separated from Facebook, it might have big problems to operate since it doesn't generate that much money, but it certainly has huge operating costs to support a base of 2 billion monthly active users.
