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Weren't there lots of featurephones with whatsapp in the past? And that helped a lot with getting widely deployed? It seems to be available on cheap feature ph
by Arnt 6y ago
Weren't there lots of featurephones with whatsapp in the past? And that helped a lot with getting widely deployed?
It seems to be available on cheap feature phones now anyway: https://www.gizbot.com/mobile/features/fnord-047499.html https://www.gizbot.com/mobile/features/fnord-047499.html
- jacquesm 6y agoI'm sure there were but not on mine and that's just fine by me. The last thing I need in my life is Mark Zuckerberg reading over my shoulder.
- Arnt 6y agoAs I've heard it, the alternative that drove the first hundred million users was the telco reading over your shoulder and/or randomly dropping your messages on the floor. Whatsapp grew big with customers of telcos like Vodafone, which may be less capable than Mark Zuckerberg's snoopshop but I wouldn't bet on their being nicer. See https://toroid.org/vodafone-smtp-mitm https://toroid.org/vodafone-smtp-mitm for example.
- jacquesm 6y agoI have less of a problem with EU telcos than with American multinationals.