Akukho namnye kuthi okwaziyo ukucinga malunga nemali ehlawulwe nguFacebook kuWhatsApp kwaye angezi kuqwalasela ukuba yimali eninzi kakhulu yesicelo. UGoogle kwathiwa uzimisele ukuhlawula ngaphezulu, nangona i-CEO ye-Android yathi ayizange ifake ibhidi ye-WhatsApp. Ngoku, igosa eliyintloko leshishini lithe oko sisixa esibaxiweyo kwinkampani yabasebenzi abangama-55.
Kwakukwinkomfa yetekhnoloji kaMorgan Stanley eSan Francisco. U-Nikesh Arora, ongumlawuli wezoshishino wenkampani ye-Mountain View, unike uluvo lwakhe malunga nokuthengwa kwe-WhatsApp nge-Facebook, exabisa i-19 yezigidi zeedola. UScott Devitt, udliwanondlebe noMorgan Stanley, wambuza ukuba, ngoku u-WhatsApp ebeyinxalenye kaFacebook, bacinga ukuthenga enye inkampani ezinikele kwimiyalezo ekhawulezileyo. U-Nikesh wawuqonda ngokupheleleyo owona mbuzo wokwenyani emva kokuzifihla kuka-Devitt, kwaye waphendula ngemibuzo-buciko emibini: “I-500 yezigidi zeedola ngomsebenzi ngamnye? Ngaba kukusebenzisa kakuhle imali yethu?
Ayiyiyo $ 500 yezigidi, kodwa i-345 yezigidi zeedola ngomsebenzi ngamnye. Nangona kunjalo, iselinani elibaxiweyo kwaye iqondwa kakuhle into ebefuna ukuyithetha isigqeba sikaGoogle. UFacebook uhlawule kakhulu kuWhatsApp. Kwaye enye yezalathisi ekufuneka siyilinganisele yile nto bayifumanayo xa befumana inkampani. Kwimeko kaGoogle okanye iApple, xa bethenga iinkampani azenzi nje ngemveliso, kodwa kuba ngaloo ndlela abasebenzi abakhethekileyo baloo nkampani baya kusebenza nabo. Oku kwenzeka ngoSiri umzekelo. Nangona kunjalo, kwimeko ye-WhatsApp sithetha ngabantu abangama-55 ngexabiso eliphezulu kakhulu. Ngaphezu koko, ukuntsonkotha kwe-WhatsApp ayisiyonto yokubhalela ekhaya, ngoko kunokwenzeka ukuba sithetha, ubukhulu becala, ngeenjineli ezinokuthi ziqeshe i-euro zero, kufuneka zibahlawule umvuzo wabo ohambelanayo. Yiba nokuba kunjalo, uFacebook uqwalasele ukuba i-19 yezigidi zeedola linani elifanelekileyo lesicelo esinje ngeWhatsApp. Kucacile ukuba baneqhinga elithile lokubuyisela oko bekuchithiwe.
Ndicinga ukuba i-Facebook yayicinga ukuba yinto efanelekileyo yokuba ne-WhatsApp kwicala layo kwaye kungekhona njengomntu okhuphisana naye, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kwakububudenge ukuhlawula kakhulu.
Inyani yeyokuba xa ndibhatala kakhulu, kwelinye icala ngendikhetha ukuba uGoogle athenge yona hayi uFacebook, masiziyeke iintsomi, xa kuthe kanti uFacebook akanarekhodi elilungileyo ngokwemfihlo yabasebenzisi, nokuba Yitsho ukuba umsebenzi ngamnye ozimeleyo ulibali elimsulwa, intsomi kunye nentsomi.