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Back in the day, Android allowed any app to see what other apps were installed. That's how Facebook saw the threat from Instagram so early.
by devrandoom 1y ago
Back in the day, Android allowed any app to see what other apps were installed. That's how Facebook saw the threat from Instagram so early.
- spunker540 1y agoActually Instagram was iOS only at the announced time of acquisition. It was a pretty big bet at the time and almost no one believed it was worth $1B.
- jessekv 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43518866 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43518866
- simonsarris 1y agoSome context for those interested: https://www.techemails.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-instagram-foursquare-pinterest https://www.techemails.com/p/mark-zuckerberg-instagram-fours...
- fallingknife 1y agoYou know who else knew how many devices Instagram was on? Instagram. And yet they were willing to sell. There is no conspiracy here. There is nothing nefarious. Facebook made a good bet.
- alex1138 1y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong but as far as I know Facebook (and probably also Instagram) degrades photo quality by a lot, something Flickr doesn't do That plus scary TOS changes Instagram did immediately after acquisition