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WhatsApp is owned by Meta, and the revenue model is based on usage of it (i.e more users = more potential eyeballs for paying businesses to get access to). It’s
by stephenr 3y ago
WhatsApp is owned by Meta, and the revenue model is based on usage of it (i.e more users = more potential eyeballs for paying businesses to get access to). It’s not quite as creepy as the Facebook revenue model but it’s not that far from it.
iMessage is an ecosystem perk for buying Apple hardware - it has no intrinsic revenue (and as shown in every one of these discussions, in many parts of the world is largely unused by iPhone buying customers).
Interoperability is a good thing. Apple has committed to supporting RCS and doing what Google never did, and bringing E2EE to the standard rather than bolting their own shit on, and limiting who can use that.