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		benhurmarcel on Jan 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How WhatsApp works with other Facebook products It already exists, but there's one feature that you can't copy from Whatsapp: its 2 billion users.

hombre_fatal on Jan 6, 2021 [–]

Also, free WhatsApp data is a perk of telcos in many countries (most of the Americas). A service that uses up expensive data just cannot compete with one that does not.

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