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Too big to fail. WhatsApp should be transferred to something like the UN. It is no longer a cool startup/app. It is the main communication infrastructure for th
by smashah 6y ago
Too big to fail. WhatsApp should be transferred to something like the UN. It is no longer a cool startup/app. It is the main communication infrastructure for the majority of the planet. Yet it's in the hand of unblinking cyborgs.
- sneak 6y ago> It is the main communication infrastructure for the majority of the planet. The majority of the planet doesn't use the internet. Only a slight majority of the planet even has the option to use the internet.
- smashah 6y agoSorry if I wasn't clear. I was speaking about human beings, not the planet in a celestial/natural sense. Hope that makes sense.
- sneak 6y agoSo was I. Only a very slight majority of human beings have an option to access the internet, and a majority of human beings do not use the internet at all.
- smashah 6y agoAh I see where the confusion lies. In this thread we are discussing a smartphone application that requires an internet connection - I extend those prerequisites/qualifiers to the word "planet".
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- hansel_der 6y ago> It is the main communication infrastructure for the majority of the planet. sure? afaik whatsapp is "only" domniant in five-eyes, europe and latin-america but thats not where the majority of ppl live.
- smashah 6y agoWhat is five eyes? I think the bounds of your knowledge are deceiving you as to the extent to which WhatsApp is used all over the world. It is the dominant communication app in the entirety of the middle east, Africa and Asia (not including China) also.
- warkdarrior 6y agoThe Five Eyes (FVEY) is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
- pmlnr 6y ago> for the majority of the planet WeChat would like to have a word.