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I wonder, if we were proper customers of Facebook and paid them to transport our messages, whether it would open the possibility of a Ma Bell-style antitrust la
by colanderman 11y ago
I wonder, if we were proper customers of Facebook and paid them to transport our messages, whether it would open the possibility of a Ma Bell-style antitrust lawsuit. Force interconnectivity to allow the little guys to play too.
- prohor 11y agoWhatsApp is paid (after a year), but it doesn't help with supporting any open IM standard.
- aerique 11y agoYeah, I've never understood this. I've seen it now-and-then when installing WA for family members, but I (and they) have never, ever had to pay for it after using it for multiple years.
- feld 11y agoIt's free since Facebook bought them. I've had Android friends mention payment screens are still on their WhatsApp though.
- marcosdumay 11y agoIt was free before Facebook brought them too. It just nagged people to pay once a year, but if one didn't pay, it just kept working.