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I think FB cares more about ruling the world than WhatsApp's P&L statement. From "Mobile is Eating The World" [1]: Global SMS: 7.5tr messages a year WhatsApp:
by melvinmt 12y ago
I think FB cares more about ruling the world than WhatsApp's P&L statement. From "Mobile is Eating The World" [1]:
Global SMS: 7.5tr messages a year
WhatsApp: 7.2tr messages a year (with just 30 engineers)
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8524256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8524256
- wavefunction 12y agoOf course we should note that WhatsApp (and Facebook!) is piggy-backing on the work of the many thousands of telecom engineers who have over the years built and maintained the infrastructure that both Facebook and WhatsApp require to survive.
- ddrmaxgt37 12y agoAnd we are all piggy-backing on whoever invented the wheel.
- outside1234 12y agoYou mean the one we pay for each month in our mobile bill?