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Agree. Totally agree. I think a good move for Facebook would be to keep Instagram a stand-alone dataset and app.

Why do you think it'd be a good move business-wise? I agree with you that product-wise, it'd arguably be the best thing for end users, but I don't think that's the perspective they choose to use on it.

They have to make money somehow, but the end users are the most important. As long as they show respect to its users' privacy they deserve to make money. I'm sure they'll find more ways to combine brands and ads in the product. I just hope it'll be sufferable.

What would be the point of acquiring them then? I guess to own social networks like detergents - present an illusion of choice with separately branded products under the same parent company.

Keeping Facebook as dominent as possible on mobile. I guess...

Because instagram is growing insanely fast. faster than facebook did at the same age of the company. facebook could own both of the biggest social networks out there.

> facebook could own the biggest social networks out there.

ftfy. if they know what they are doing, they'll just merge the data into one network, and keep the user experience on the frontends the same.

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