$19 Billion for Whatsapp?!

Perhaps the Facebook purchase of Whatsapp makes sense under this scenario:

• Facebook intends to own every online platform the world uses to communicate with its friends

• Whatsapp is used in many countries around the world because, unlike in the US, texting is very expensive

• Whatsapp has provided no financial information indicating that it is a profitable company

• Whatsapps current users pay 99-cents for a year of unlimited texting and sending recorded messages, the app is free to download

• yet, Facebook pays $19 billion for Whatsapp

• Whatsapp has only 55 employees making the purchase price "insanely high."

• Facebook agrees that Whatsapp will remain an independent entity and brand

• Facebook is a publicly owned company and by law is required to maximize profits

• Facebook, in order to maximize profits and not monetize the independent Whatsapp entity, reinvents Whatsapp, weakens it, or shuts it down and directs users to use Facebook's existing or redesigned platform
• Making Whatsapp an irrelevant entity!

Threat to monopoly averted!

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