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FB cannot afford to lose its Brazilian Whatsapp market share, I am guesstimating over 50% of its users in South America are from Brazil? Furthermore, integratio

FB cannot afford to lose its Brazilian Whatsapp market share, I am guesstimating over 50% of its users in South America are from Brazil? Furthermore, integrations of Whatsapp to businesses (with or without a legal API) are already happening so there is high pressure to rollout a business oriented API and make the billions back, I am sure Brazilian numbers are key in the projected revenue stream. Given this, I dare to predict FB will just lift encryption for Brazilian users and blame it on their legal system. In the end, the average internet user couldn't care less about privacy; in fact, in developing countries users are much more concerned with saving money with free SMS and calls.

niftich 10y ago
Absolutely this. They've already lost people to Telegram with the repeated blockings. The third question in the Telegram FAQ is 'How is it different from WhatsApp?' [1]. The feud between WhatsApp and Telegram, with the former blocking the latter's links, is well-documented [2]. Both of these apps are available on Android, Windows Phone, and iOS, and since Windows Phone has a higher-than-usual (relative to North America) share in Brazil, this is relevant. [1] https://telegram.org/faq https://telegram.org/faq [2] http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking-links-to-rival-app-telegram-on-android/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking-links-...
scardine 10y ago
We know the court order is abusive and will be voided by an appeal in a few hours, so nobody cares. While it is blocked we may use telegram or resort to plain old SMS. The problem is that a Judge here in Brazil cannot be fired based on the number of reformed decisions.
- necessity 10y ago
  As someone expecting a reply from my boss on WhatsApp, I care. As a french man once said, Brazil is not a serious country.
  - ucaetano 10y ago
    That's funny, coming from France. Neither are serious countries.
ucy 10y ago
Actually, Brazil is the 2nd biggest user, only behind South Africa.

niftich 10y ago

Absolutely this. They've already lost people to Telegram with the repeated blockings. The third question in the Telegram FAQ is 'How is it different from WhatsApp?' [1]. The feud between WhatsApp and Telegram, with the former blocking the latter's links, is well-documented [2]. Both of these apps are available on Android, Windows Phone, and iOS, and since Windows Phone has a higher-than-usual (relative to North America) share in Brazil, this is relevant. [1] https://telegram.org/faq https://telegram.org/faq [2] http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking-links-to-rival-app-telegram-on-android/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/whatsapp-is-blocking-links-...

scardine 10y ago

We know the court order is abusive and will be voided by an appeal in a few hours, so nobody cares. While it is blocked we may use telegram or resort to plain old SMS. The problem is that a Judge here in Brazil cannot be fired based on the number of reformed decisions.

necessity 10y ago
As someone expecting a reply from my boss on WhatsApp, I care. As a french man once said, Brazil is not a serious country.
- ucaetano 10y ago
  That's funny, coming from France. Neither are serious countries.

ucy 10y ago

Actually, Brazil is the 2nd biggest user, only behind South Africa.