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    How and when will the WhatsApp monopoly be broken

    Oscar Schyns
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    WhatsApp is basically a monopoly in many countries. In these countries, it is difficult not to use WhatsApp. Every now and then, there is a big privacy scandal which increases the downloads of competitors, but at the end of the day, people keep returning to WhatsApp. Nothing lasts forever, including monopolies. So the question is, when will the monopoly be broken and how? Is it government regulation? Some countries might want to make interconnectivity of messaging apps required by law. Or is it something else?

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    Tedel
    When leaders switch to Signal. You know, the rest are followers. =)
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    Amre
    Is security problem a real issue for a platform ?
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    Tarek Khalil
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    Pretty tough one. WhatsApp is SO and deeply ingrained into societies now that phone calls are now way less important than having access to WhatsApp. Selling between businesses and customers in messaging first economies like LATAM or India or MENA is all through WhatsApp.
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    Gokuu Sa
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