The former chief financial officer of WhatsApp reportedly said he regretted selling the company to Facebook that year.
For years, Early WhatsApp executives have been voicing their dissatisfaction with Facebook's actions.
Neeraj Arora, former chief financial officer of WhatsApp, who joined the company in 2011, said on Twitter that with his involvement, Facebook completed negotiations with WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion, and now he regrets it.
Arora said the acquisition initially looked like a partnership. Facebook promised that WhatsApp leadership would maintain "complete independence in product decision-making", and also promised that Facebook would never integrate ads and cross-platform tracking on WhatsApp, and would not mine user data, etc.
Arora said in a tweet: "Facebook and its management agreed to these conditions. At the time, we thought we all had the same sense of mission. ”
However, many former WhatsApp executives have stressed that Facebook has not kept its promises.
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said shortly after leaving office in 2018 that Facebook had considered introducing ads for WhatsApp, but had not yet implemented them. After Facebook's processing of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal was exposed, Acton launched a famous #deletefacebook campaign on Twitter. Acton tweeted in 2018: "It's time. And put the tweet under the hashtag #DeleteFacebook.
Arora tweeted: "WhatsApp is Facebook's second largest platform, even bigger than Instagram or Facebook Messenger. We've poured a lot of effort into this product, and I'm not the only one who regrets whatsApp being acquired by Facebook. ”
Arora said no one knew at first that Facebook would become a 'monster' that devoured user data and spat out dirty money. ”
Source: Sina Technology