Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind
by abalone on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @03:11PM
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This is an invalid comparison. WhatsApp is an OTT messaging service. You're comparing it to carrier internet and voice service.
It would be more valid to compare it to carrier text messaging fees, which was the arbitrage opportunity they exploited. But that opportunity is mostly gone now that everyone has smartphones. If WhatsApp charged $2/month they would face the same challenge from upstart apps that carriers faced from WhatsApp.
It would be more valid to compare it to carrier text messaging fees, which was the arbitrage opportunity they exploited. But that opportunity is mostly gone now that everyone has smartphones. If WhatsApp charged $2/month they would face the same challenge from upstart apps that carriers faced from WhatsApp.