On the technology conference South by Southwest, the Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger to fight back against the idea to let Facebook and Instagram from the state of disconnect. Facebook had bought Instagram in 2012 for a billion Dollar Systrom and Krieger were rich. the Jannis Brühl, Austin Jannis Brühl
Jannis Brühl, born in Nuremberg, is head of the digital Department. Studied politics and American studies in Erlangen, Germany and Portland, Oregon. Internship at SZ.de, then staff in the Economics Department. Won with the SZ-volunteers of the guard price of German daily press for the project “weapons in Germany”. In 2013, Arthur F. Burns-fellow the editors of ProPublica in New York. By 2015, a correspondent for the North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
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in 2012 Facebook bought the photo App Instagram for a billion dollars. Today, both Apps have a combined several billion users. America’s market guardian should put an end to the era of the Tech monopolists in fact, it would probably be one of the first mergers that would be undone. On the technology conference South by Southwest in Austin, Texas Instagram-founder fought back on Monday against the idea that the Deal of your life is bad for others: “It is not a crime to be big,” said Kevin Systrom on stage. He and his Co-founder Mike Krieger had left in September, the Facebook group and Instagram. In Austin, they performed for the first Time together in public.
probably The most important conference of the digital culture was dominated on the weekend of the debate to possible Divestitures. Had triggered the democratic presidential candidate, Elizabeth Warren. You want to make the biggest Tech Deals of recent years undone. Warren’s advance had triggered a violent reaction, because the authorities in the USA had left the large IT companies of the Silicon Valley, largely in peace, unlike Europe.
Even if it was after the purchase on the total market of social networks, less competition, there would have been internal competition between the developers of the networks, argued Systrom now. And I brought the users of something – such as better Features. Damage have taken not a consumer.
This is the classical perspective on competition law in the United States: as Long as the consumer has no drawback, and the App is free and easy to use – there can be no infringement. That competitors have no Chance, and individual corporations can beat unfair Profit from their dominant position, is not in this idea. Warren wants to break with this Thinking. More, Systrom wanted to say then: “I’m not an expert on competition law, so you better ask your local lawyer”, he finished the topic is scarce.
the anger of The citizens in the Tech sector have “increased tenfold”
he nuanced it a little “” when I’m challenged to smash all the Tech companies. However, that was a straw man Argument, because the destruction of “all” the Tech-company has also challenged Warren. You explicitly referred to the biggest purchases, including the traffic App Waze by Google, the grocery chain Whole Foods through Amazon – and Facebook’s Acquisitions of Instagram and Whatsapp.
the anger of The citizens in the Tech sector have “increased tenfold,” said Systrom. Smash “all the Tech companies, the only plays with this anger.” As applause and whoops broke out through the hall.
here, the also showed in the comments on the appearance, admire especially Systrom as a kind of wonder-an entrepreneur. Instagram had grown within two years of extremely fast. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg bought the company, and thus surprised many. Several years later, it became clear that Instagram – even with Facebook’s help, would become another Mega – network next to Facebook’s “blue” main-App.
Not a word about the reasons of the exit at Facebook
The purchase in the year 2012 CEO Systrom gave $ 400 million, its technology chief warrior 100 million. On your assets, a break-up would have no effect.
they had given up their autonomy in the large, Facebook-construct, is, of course, in the case of a Takeover, said warriors: “In any such a contract is that you can freely and autonomously act. That makes no sense.” The Whatsapp founders have, however, after the purchase, with the Facebook group, falling out, because they were not able to follow their original Vision of a Chat App with good data protection and without advertising according to your ideas. They, too, left the group in 2018.
About the reasons for your exit in the case of Facebook, not languages, the Instagram founder on the stage. “This is nothing, what I want to tell in front of so many people,” said Systrom, as he was raised on his decision.
Rather, the two innocuous stories from their early lives, told as a Start-up founder. For example, a warrior noted after a night of drinking in his Computer that he had fall brought drunk crashed Instagram App for millions of people up and Running again. Couldn’t remember it, but understand it in its Software Terminal with the time stamp “3.30 PM”.
Also, the fact that Facebook has begun on Instagram, advertisements – much earlier than in the case of Whatsapp, defended Systrom: “to say it clearly: We have been pushing for monetization, not the other way around.” That is, the Whatsapp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton sounds different than the demonstrative ideal. Unlike the fathers of Whatsapp, the Instagram-inventor had never promised to remain ad-free and privacy of their users too. And the millions who had earned Systrom and Krieger with the purchase, Facebook also somewhere here.
