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It's interesting. Whatsapp didn't start out to be a messanger app for the world. It didn't start out to be a replacement for SMS, it started as a tool for frequ
by iso1631 6y ago
It's interesting. Whatsapp didn't start out to be a messanger app for the world. It didn't start out to be a replacement for SMS, it started as a tool for frequent flyers to be able to set a status on their iphone in the same way you could on Yahoo messenger.
Frequent flyers weren't particularly enthusiastic
"It appears that this requires the other party to also have the app installed, right?"
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/952359-thoughts-about-my-free-iphone-app-whatsapp.html https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-technology/952359-tho...
- overheadnoise 6y agoThat’s wild. I had no idea that the original feature of WhatsApp is a feature that I have literally never even looked at and forgot even exists lol