In 2014 whatsapp was bought facebooknow controlled Target, by about 16 billion US dollars (80.61 billion reais). Since the application was created in 2009, more than half of its “life” was managed by mark Zuckerberg. However, there are discomforts: Niraj Arorathe platform’s former business director admitted on Twitter that he regrets the sale.

According to the executive, this was due to some attitudes of the company that acquired WhatsApp, such as disrespect for user privacy and breaking promises, and he reiterated that he is not the only one thinking about this.

According to Arora, Facebook’s first attack took place between 2012 and 2013, and the administrators abandoned it, intending to further expand the platform. In 2014, another offer came in, and this time they accepted it.

If regret could kill…

Neeraj recalled that the proposal they liked had the characteristics of a “partnership” rather than necessarily a purchase and total control. The promises under the deal included end-to-end encryption, no ads, decision-making independence from Whatsapp directors, a seat on the board of directors for Jan Koum — the app’s CEO and co-founder — and his own office.

In addition, the former owners requested that users’ personal data not be used or “tracked” through other social networks.

However, things did not go as expected. Arora cites on his Twitter the Facebook scandal with Cambridge analyticswhen the platform shared the data of more than 50 million users without the consent of a US company in order to conduct political campaigns.

The information was obtained through a psychological test application on a social network. Those who participated in the same ended up handing over personal data as well as profile friends – the case was solved thanks to complaints from The New York Times and The Guardian newspapers.

Shortly after the incident, one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, Brian Actonpublished one of the most controversial tweets of recent years, which Neeraj recalled: “The time has come, #deleteofacebook.”

According to Arora, today’s platform is just a “shadow” of what its original owners envisioned to the world. “At first, no one knew that Facebook would become a “Frankenstein” that would devour user data and spit out dirty money,” he wrote.

Neeraj ended his manifesto by emphasizing that in order to grow, technology companies must discuss business models and analyze how the most perverted people do bad service.

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Source: MacMagazine, G1.