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by aviral 1717 days ago
Not for nothing but in many places — including Israel and Palestine — WhatsApp is used as the de facto phone and text messaging platform. Ostensibly, a utility is down right now for millions of people. The billionth reason to break down and regulate Facebook. - Abraham Gutman https://twitter.com/abgutman/status/1445124247005933573
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arduinomancer 1716 days ago
I’m don’t really like Facebook but I don’t really get this argument.

How is it facebook’s fault that regular SMS is so bad in these countries that their platform is preferable?

What’s stopping the government from launching their own platform if they want a utility?

And why is it that if you make a product that ends up really popular then suddenly you’re a utility?

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