Co-founder of WhatsApp: "I am a seller. I recognize that.

The courier application was purchased by Facebook in 2014 for $ 22 billion. But since the purchase, co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum have had a series of disagreements with Facebook's management regarding its insistence on monetizing users and their data. In the end, the differences caused the two founders to leave the company, which cost Acton $ 850 million. Today, he has given his first interview since he tweeted"It's the time. #Deletefacebook" in March, here's what he said.

It's just a business: "They are business people, they are good businessmen. They simply represent a set of business practices, principles and ethics, and policies that I do not necessarily agree with. "

Money on quality: "That's what I hated about Facebook and what I hated at Yahoo too. If it saves us money, we would do it.

Speaking to EU regulators on antitrust concerns: "I've been coached to explain that it would be really hard to merge or merge data between the two systems." But that was not true. He discovered that there were "plans and technologies to mix the data". "I think everyone was playing because they thought the EU might have forgotten because time had passed.

Cut his losses: "It was like you wanted to do what I do not want to do. It's better if I go out of your way. And I did. "

Go against his beliefs: "In the end, I sold my business. I've sold the privacy of my users to a greater advantage. I made a choice and a compromise. And I live with it every day.

"I am a salesperson. I recognize that.