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Facebook is a social networking service and Instagram is a photo and video sharing service, both owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.

We dig behind Facebook-Instagram's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Social media
Headquarters
Menlo Park, United States
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Owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.

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The Counterfactual · Decision Forks
Facebook Closed the Instagram Deal at $715 Million — the Price of an Already-Lost Mobile Photo War
Facebook didn't pay $1 billion for Instagram. By the time it closed, the price was $715 million for a 13-person app with zero revenue. The genius wasn't foresight - it was an admission Facebook had already lost the mobile photo war.
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