Facebook Acquisition Speculation

Discussions revolve around speculation that Facebook might acquire the featured startup or technology, with concerns about competition, integration, or killing rivals, referencing past buys like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus.

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codegladiator Dec 14, 2017 View on HN

Looks like something facebook would buy. Do you consider them as competition ?

fermentation Oct 2, 2018 View on HN

Why would facebook be interested in making it easy to use a technology that they directly compete against?

jasonhansel Dec 17, 2021 View on HN

Maybe Facebook just wants to take out the competition.

patrickod Nov 1, 2012 View on HN

There is no technical barrier stopping facebook from doing this, however Facebook stands to gain much much more in promoting an ecosystem for companies such as ourselves to exist. They traditionally haven't encroached on this space.

tomaszs Jan 20, 2021 View on HN

Please don't sell it to Facebook when it will kick off

alek_m Oct 26, 2021 View on HN

Are they trying to steal facebook's strategy?

nicolas_ Oct 7, 2020 View on HN

It's Facebook you're talking about. I'm not sure why you'd think they would make the right choice instead of chasing $.

echelon Oct 14, 2020 View on HN

Facebook might be sensing that their market is dwindling as other vendors catch up. They might be trying to extract value why they have the lead.I honestly have no idea though. I don't get why they're in this space as it doesn't appear from the outside that they're trying very hard.

paulpauper Apr 28, 2022 View on HN

why not. Facebook can afford it

majani Dec 17, 2021 View on HN

For the last point : Facebook bought all the potential Facebook replacements