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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L... by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday September 03, 2017 @10:15AM (#15161518)
Your list is preposterous. Even if you take all your other items at face value, you make it sound like "circumventing cellphone texting charges" is breaking the law or something, as if ridiculous texting charges are set up for the good of anyone besides big telcos.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L... by fwdpropaganda on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:13PM (#15162187)
It's not preposterous, it's exactly right. SMS text messages were a something like $15bn industry before whatsapp got between them and the customers, and that has value.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:49AM (#15166232)
The list is preposterous because the title was "I think I see a pattern", and all the other examples given were breaking laws or some other nefarious goal (and I'd emphasize those other examples were clearly taken from the point of view that these companies were doing something bad). The implication was that "circumventing texting charges" was somehow stealing from telcos.
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L... by hammock on Sunday September 03, 2017 @12:54PM (#15162466)
What about imessage?
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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder on How It Reached 1.3B Users Without L... by helloindia on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:48PM (#15162744)
Only on iOS. Doesn't have the same impact as WhatsApp.
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