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If my carrier goes down, it doesn't help me I can't just switch at the drop of a hat to another carrier who is still up. Likewise, when Whatsapp goes down I ca
by madeofpalk 5y ago
If my carrier goes down, it doesn't help me I can't just switch at the drop of a hat to another carrier who is still up.
Likewise, when Whatsapp goes down I can still talk to people on iMessage or Discord or SMS.
- leokennis 5y agoWhat I’m talking about here isn’t my WA group chat with my soccer team. I’m talking about 911 being reachable, or about government communication with its citizens etc. For these bigger use cases, there are contingency plans. For example, 911 will remain reachable via other carriers for you even when your carrier goes down. For some governments, WA is in the critical path for these use cases. And you can’t route around WA as it’s one product by one company who is the sole maintainer of it.
- madeofpalk 5y agoWhat country uses WhatsApp for emergency services??? That sounds like a terrible idea completely independent from Facebook Corp. Critical emergency services still have the plain old telephone services to use, no?