[puranjay]

A side note: I've seen an increasing number of friends on Whatsapp use the 'Status' feature to share pictures (which works like Stories).

It's a very tiny percentage so far - maybe 1-2% of my contacts list - but it is being used.

If this gets to about 10%, Snapchat should be worried. Whatsapp has a massive user base in developing countries.

[DrJid]

Not to forget that for many, many users in emerging markets, the mobile carriers offer free data for WhatsApp. Traveling through Colombia, and I can use WhatsApp status for free over here. SnapChat kills my data.

[CodingGuy]

Which is a really bad thing for net neutrality...

[mstade]

I was about to write the same thing. Here in Sweden you often see adverts for telcos where they offer free data for Facebook usage and stuff like that. We're not a developing country and you'll get a fair bit of data at a reasonable cost here, so it's perhaps not as obvious how this skews things in favour of the big players, but it's there alright, and it's sad.

[pm90]

I really really really hope this does not happen. I already don't like how much data WhatsApp eats after downloading shared images and such. I want WhatsApp to be text and group text and thats IT.