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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by maus42 on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:06PM (#11617572)
GSM (assuming that's what is used in Brazil) isn't free of patents, but at least everyone could (in theory) start their own telecom company and compete with the another ones. And I assume in reality (even in Brazil) customer could switch from a telecom operator to another if they are not happy with the service provided by the first one.

If I want to communicate to some another WhatsApp user, I need to use WhatsApp.

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by necessity on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @12:40AM (#11617964)
What does one thing have to do with another? If I want to communicate with you on HN I need a HN account. How is that dystopian or what does it have to do with protocols?

If you want to communicate with another person you can use Telegram or whatever you want.

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by ycombinatorMan on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:28AM (#11618621)
Some people will never be happy with proprietary software
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