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Hasn’t long distance communications pretty much always been this way? The US Postal Service, Western Union telegraph networks, the Bell telephone system, ICQ,
by lockhouse 3y ago
Hasn’t long distance communications pretty much always been this way? The US Postal Service, Western Union telegraph networks, the Bell telephone system, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger and many others were closed communication systems and services that relied on a single entity. Open communication protocols like email and cellular text messaging are the exception rather than the norm.
There is really nothing new or ground breaking about what WhatsApp does, it’s just newer shinier ICQ.
- redeeman 3y agoand in the days of the WU telegraph network, you could most definitely go talk to the guys in charge, it was not a faceless corporation like facebook, or google. how easy was it to talk to the local USPS vs talking to a human at google? what is the likelyhood you could get some form of adequate help from the USPS office? or from the bell telephone network? get real, these megacompanies are just 100% not giving a flying fuck, because people seemingly turn off their brain and open their mouths wide