And Walmart undercut prices to the point of losing revenue to establish their position. Your lack of profitability does not somehow undo your monopolizing.
> When they enabled end-to-end encryption for billions of people?
Whatsapp still does not have global E2E [1].
> Or launched encrypted backups?
Yet the FBI still puts pen registers on the service [2] which makes backups moot.
> Whatsapp would not be what it is today without FB.
I think WhatsApp would be a much better product in someone elses hands. [3] [4]
[1] - https://nypressnews.com/news/technology/meta-confirms-messen...
[2] - https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=2111...
[3] - https://m.dw.com/en/whatsapp-in-india-scourge-of-violence-in...
[4] - https://techhq.com/2021/11/after-record-gdpr-fine-whatsapp-f...
Come on, FB ran whatsapp for many years with zero revenue. Whatsapp would not be what it is today without FB.
> they've been terrible stewards of the platform
In what sense? When they enabled end-to-end encryption for billions of people? Or launched encrypted backups?