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Facebook bought Instagram and WhatsApp and they were both home runs. Zuckerberg knows how to buy companies.

Facebook bought their eventual competitors by making an offer they couldn't refuse. Zuck knows Metcalfe's law.

Instagram and WhatsApp are still popular with consumers though. Meta didn’t kill them, if anything they’ve grown significantly.

That’s a different type of acquisition, right? Buying your competition. If nothing else you’ve wiped out a competitor.

Even that sometimes flops (HP/Compaq)