[annadane]

Yes but the original founders did that. Zuckerberg took it from them and immediately lied about data sharing, there's a reason why the founders left in disgust

[avalys]

Correction: The founders sold it to Zuckerberg for billions of dollars.

Saying he “took it from them” is outright dishonest.

[annadane]

They sold it under the condition he wouldn't lie, it was a condition for him to have it, and he lied

[avalys]

So why didn’t they take the billions of dollars he paid them and sue to have this “condition” upheld?

[er4hn]

One of the co-founders, Brian Acton, has funded most of Signal (~100M USD) in his post WhapsApp life. It is a very hacker mindset solution. Instead of turning to the law to enforce nebulous claims against a megacorp, make a better product with the money you got from said megacorp.

[bboygravity]

Plot twist: Signal turns out to be a CIA honey-pot.

[brewdad]

I know "nothing to hide" is never a strong argument but even if Signal is a CIA honeypot, if it keeps my personal conversations from becoming marketing fodder, sign me up!

[GGO]

well he took money under the promise and when FB broke the promise, he walked away and left $850M on the table. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whatsapp-co-founder-walked-aw...

[nilsbunger]

To punish Facebook for breaking their promise, he ... gave Facebook $850M (by not vesting all his equity) ?

[mcpackieh]

Angry people can be irrational. That's my read.

[lost_tourist]

I'll never understand why people don't place value on integrity. I mean day to day people and not stockholders. Zuck controls what happens at Meta, it's not a board decision on stuff like this unless Zuck tells them to do it.

[thakoppno]

> I’m taking some time off to do things outside of technology, such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches.

[DropInIn]

It's not a condition if it's not in the contract or if it is and is not acted upon.

In either of those cases it's just lip service.