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iguy on Dec 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

> WhatsApp today is a great messaging app

But it was pretty good before they bought it, too. And widely used, IIRC was clearly the biggest in some parts of the world.

ViViDboarder on Dec 10, 2020 [–]

Exactly this. Because It was such a popular platform and possible social competitor is exactly the reason it shouldn’t have been allowed.

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