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A side note: I've seen an increasing number of friends on Whatsapp use the 'Status' feature to share pictures (which works like Stories). It's a very tiny perc
by puranjay 10y ago
A side note: I've seen an increasing number of friends on Whatsapp use the 'Status' feature to share pictures (which works like Stories).
It's a very tiny percentage so far - maybe 1-2% of my contacts list - but it is being used.
If this gets to about 10%, Snapchat should be worried. Whatsapp has a massive user base in developing countries.
- DrJid 10y agoNot to forget that for many, many users in emerging markets, the mobile carriers offer free data for WhatsApp. Traveling through Colombia, and I can use WhatsApp status for free over here. SnapChat kills my data.
- CodingGuy 10y agoWhich is a really bad thing for net neutrality...
- mstade 9y agoI was about to write the same thing. Here in Sweden you often see adverts for telcos where they offer free data for Facebook usage and stuff like that. We're not a developing country and you'll get a fair bit of data at a reasonable cost here, so it's perhaps not as obvious how this skews things in favour of the big players, but it's there alright, and it's sad.
- pm90 9y agoI really really really hope this does not happen. I already don't like how much data WhatsApp eats after downloading shared images and such. I want WhatsApp to be text and group text and thats IT.