As far as I know, the only competitors with wallets that big are Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The only one I can see making an offer is Google, and I doubt they would make a higher one.That being said, wtf were they thinking. 3 billion. Sort of feels like a gamble to bait a higher price from a Facebook competitor. So many messaging apps out there could just implement this feature.
True. Can you imagine if Twitter had accepted Google's offer? That was pre-Google+. That would have had a big impact on Google's strategy, and their response to the ascension of Facebook. I think Twitter would be very different now if Google bought it, probably for the worse.
I agree it would be worse. But I'm sort of wondering how Twitter is going to make itself worse by itself, -It just IPOed for over 15 billion valuation and has never turned a profit? Don't get me wrong, I think they'll make money, but they won't be able to monetize for their valuation and look the same.