> The creator of whatsapp cared a lot about privacy. So even after selling the company to facebook he warranted that facebook could not read the messages.
While that's true on one hand, it's also misleading on the other. When whatsapp was acquired in 2014, it wasn't e2e encrypted. Only by 2016 that it was utilizing full e2e encryption.
So while founders did care about privacy, for first 8 years of product life e2e encryption wasn't a thing. It's much easier to add very complex feature like e2e encryption once you have infinite amount of money, coming from facebook.
>In the end the man left (losing a lot of money in the process)
Not earning extra 100s millions of dollars, after you earned many billions, is not something easy to get a sympathy for. Amount of money they left on the table is mostly a rounding error for their bank account.
While that's true on one hand, it's also misleading on the other. When whatsapp was acquired in 2014, it wasn't e2e encrypted. Only by 2016 that it was utilizing full e2e encryption.
So while founders did care about privacy, for first 8 years of product life e2e encryption wasn't a thing. It's much easier to add very complex feature like e2e encryption once you have infinite amount of money, coming from facebook.
>In the end the man left (losing a lot of money in the process)
Not earning extra 100s millions of dollars, after you earned many billions, is not something easy to get a sympathy for. Amount of money they left on the table is mostly a rounding error for their bank account.