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Both are American companies. Whatsapp is Meta (Facebook), and iMessage (actually now Messages) is Apple. If you care about security, the question is which is
by Telemakhos 4y ago
Both are American companies. Whatsapp is Meta (Facebook), and iMessage (actually now Messages) is Apple. If you care about security, the question is which is more likely to comply with the US government's requests for information: Meta or Apple. If you don't, the question is price point, ignoring the question of which is more likely to make your data marketable. That is likely Meta, so we could rephrase this as, "Do you care to pay more for Apple's privacy, or is it okay for Meta to sell your messages to anyone willing to pay?"
- sfifs 4y agoThere's Line, Kakao Talk, Viber, WeChat, SnapChat... all very popular in different countries & with different demographics. WeChat is of course the most sophisticated in terms of ecosystem beyond just messaging. None of these may have arisen or become so popular if Apple & Android had created interop.
- nine_k 4y agoI wonder how Telegram was not mentioned in the thread so far.
- batiudrami 4y agoTelegram is orders of magnitude smaller than any of the those listed above, except maybe a Viber (I’m not sure; it seems to have some use in SEA countries).
- fomine3 4y agoIs Snapchat used like them among every generation?
- Un1corn 4y agoAs always, it's important to remember that people choice of messaging depends on network effect more than anything else. But even without it, they are both E2E encrypted. Of course you could ship new code that send the messages unencrypted but it would be extremely risky for Meta and the government, depending on the target