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WhatsApp's Cofounder Had a Fiery Standoff With Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg

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Brian Acton has revealed the details of a fiery clash he had with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg over monetizing WhatsApp. The WhatsApp cofounder reportedly discussed his departure last year after disagreeing with Mark Zuckerberg's vision for aggressively making money off of the messaging app. Business Insider says Acton and his cofounder Jan Koum quit in April. The pair were famously reluctant to introduce ads into the service, but that's also Facebook's primary way of making money.

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