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As a shareholder: not too worried about this. Instagram and WhatsApp have plenty of room for growth that can compensate for FB users leaving. A few weeks ago, W
by sparkling 8y ago
As a shareholder: not too worried about this. Instagram and WhatsApp have plenty of room for growth that can compensate for FB users leaving. A few weeks ago, WhatsApp released its official API[0] and at least here in Europe i have seen many companies starting to utilize it. For example airlines, sending WhatsApp messages keeping you updated on the status of your flight, much more convenient than installing a extra app for every airline. Lot of potential there.
[0] usable via third party providers, for example Twilio
- heavenlyhash 8y agoI find this kind of amusing. I suspect the adoption of this varies by area/country based on how, ahem, well, poorly basic SMS is implemented and priced in that area. For example I notice that when in Germany, Whatsapp adoption is quite high, because SMS rates are absolutely ridiculous. Other countries... less so. I still get SMS (and email, but SMS frankly still pushes more reliably than data based systems) notifications for my airlines, and that also certainly qualifies as Not An Extra App :)
- nradov 8y agoSMS will always be more reliable than data service because SMS runs over the GSM signalling side channel.
- Rjevski 8y agoWhich is irrelevant when GSM is going away and additionally Wi-Fi being more and more common.
- heavenlyhash 8y agoSure. Aaaand last airport I flew through had a wifi signup which required your phone number. To send you an SMS. With a code for the wifi. So uh... I'll continue to take my SMS notifications (and emails, which also have nice well-known offline sync properties...) over any more modern appy things, please and thank you.