To wake up on a Sunday, the news that has become known is not bad: the almighty Google could be evaluating the possibility of acquiring the company WhatsApp, which has the most used messaging application in the world, and the figure that is handled is 1.000 million dollars.
As indicated in Digital Trends, the two companies would already be in negotiations and the purchase has already started, so we are not in the phase of simply looking at the positions that each of the companies have. In addition, the source indicates that the information has been known by internal google sources. It appears, therefore, that the acquisition may not take long.
Regarding the amount that is being handled, the 1.000 millionIt is still curious that it seems that it is becoming a "standard" in this type of operation, since this was the amount that Google itself paid for YouTube and that Facebook paid to take over WhatsApp. Honestly, the messaging app can be worth this price for the number of users it has.
Reasons for purchase
The most important is that Google cannot be left out of a market like messaging…. And although it has services that can evolve well (even the rumors of names like Babble have exploded) the purchase of WhatsApp will give you would allow to position itself as the first of the class with a stroke of the pen. In this way it manages to get rid of the competition and "plug" the advance of services such as Line or MessageMe. Just thinking about the number of users the application has (above 250 million, since a few years ago these figures were already indicated in media such as The Guardian) we are talking about dizzying numbers.
Therefore, this possible purchase would be a jug of cold water for those who are trying to position themselves in the messaging market (such as Joyn), since if the purchase of WhatsApp by Google is confirmed, it may happen that this is integrated into Android directly in a while, which would be a lunge "to the ball" for the competition. And when it comes to large purchases, you already know what you're playing at.
If this movement is confirmed, it would be really shocking for the mobility sector, since would put Google in a prime position since it would increase its service options for mobile users and it would become one of the applications with the largest number of users today. Of course, it would be necessary to see if WhatsApp would work in the same way, such as without ads, since advertising is one of the sources of income for Mountain View ... the truth is that this union (well paid, for true) it would be quite an earthquake. What is your opinion?
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Well that. Google wants to eliminate competition from messaging. 1000 billion may seem outrageous. But in a market that evolves as quickly as the computer and the evolution of these programs, who says that in 10 or 15 years that amount is more than amortized. The comunication is the key.
For all those messengers that want to compete, but let's not forget about Skype, this is who else they are going to fuck since it would be obvious that Google gives WhatsApp calls and video calls and has a great recognition like Skype or even more
I hope that in the event that the purchase was made, Google could make updates to the service, such as adding the function of making calls through WhatsApp, just like Line or Viber does, thus eliminating even more competition.
but will it be free?
If Google continues with its usual policy, it will be so ... but this remains to be seen if the purchase is finally confirmed, of course.
The idea that WhatsApp + Google eat Skype + Microsoft and force phone companies to screw up their rates is fine. But the idea of such power of information and privacy that Google would have already scares anyone ... We will see what consequences it brings in the long term.
I think google already knows everything, and the advantage is that nowadays we all give the information to google without putting buts.
sure it will be free, but sure it will have advertising, in the corner but it sure will have is #GoogleWayOfLife
3 months ago you said that WhatsApp was going to buy Facebook ... and nothing at all. And now on a Saturday this news comes out? mmmm I don't believe anything!
excellent… good idea. And if it's free for life, better for everyone.
In my opinion it's the best google can be
I think that the idea of buying WhatsApp is not the millions of customers, but rather finding communication and seeing oneself at the same time with different brands of smart phones or androids and it would be a great leap in communications.
Without any doubt I think that the shots of that purchase go beyond being the best in the class, Step 1 will invest what it needs and when it does not have competition again it will go to the second step and that is to charge the companies that request it outside of android, to avoid "stabs" like those of Samsung, with so many rumors of the march of android which already predicted what we already know, greed will lead to its first hit on smartphones.
Ultimately, both the company that wants to include it on their mobile and the user will pay.