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It’s pretty simple: SMS functionality sucked and was super expensive. Before WhatsApp there was blackberry messenger (BBM). When I was growing up kids were run
by orf 2y ago
It’s pretty simple: SMS functionality sucked and was super expensive.
Before WhatsApp there was blackberry messenger (BBM). When I was growing up kids were running around with blackberry phones, marketed at businessmen, purely for BBM. WhatsApp was just this, except on a platform that didn’t suck.
WhatsApp also predates iMessage and FaceTime.
- lostlogin 2y ago> WhatsApp also predates iMessage and FaceTime. I was surprised to find this accurate. Though the lineage for a Mac user would likely include Messages and iChat, which go back further. iChat: 2002 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat Messages: 2007 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messages_(Apple) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messages_(Apple) iMessage: 2011 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage WhatsApp: 2009 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
- emchammer 2y agoTidbit: The original iChat had an IPv6 link-local messaging function which worked entirely without Internet access or servers.
- steve1977 2y agoThere also was an iChat server for Mac OS X Server IIRC.
- steve1977 2y agoBut those were not mobile services, more like Apple's implementation of ICQ or MSN Messenger.