A lot of hindsight bias regarding Facebook's acquisition of Instagram. Today, everyone thinks it was obvious that Instagram was going to become a huge business. But that's not what people were saying back in 2012 when Instagram had 30 million users and zero revenue.pic.twitter.com/P25MA2YoJ5
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Certainly That’s why, even if I couldn’t understand the price he paid, I didn’t make a fool of myself by saying so publicly
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Doesn't this point count in favour of the idea it was about monopolising a market? Ie. That Facebook wanted to prevent competition from 'dangerous' instagram? The fact some people didn't see what FB was doing on the time seems beside the point.
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