Has Facebook already broken WhatsApp?

[marine1]

2 dollars is not going to break the bank for full on end-to-end encryption.

agreed

 

[hj2k_x]

2 dollars is not going to break the bank for full on end-to-end encryption.

People are cheap, though. And you need to convince everyone else to get the same app as you...

 

[bekdik]

http://downdetector.co.za/status/whatsapp

 

[bdt]

Ditto on the down, but I have working wechat across two phones at the same time too. So it's definitely not prevailing data/network conditions either.

 

[nicbst]

Nein. With WhatsApp down, everybody runs to their secondary option. Most people I know destroyed any trace of BBM on their phones, so they head straight to Facebook for messaging. I have never seen this many people online on FB at one time, hell even I'm only logged in to finish the convo's I already had going:erm:

Mission Accomplished!

I use bbm when whatsapp isnt working. It's the most consistent messenger so far. And it has epic emoji to boot

 

[The_Unbeliever]

whatsapp shares must be plummeting like the rand now

 

[BouncyNinja]

WhatsApp Status ‏@wa_status 30s
sorry we currently experiencing server issues. we hope to be back up and recovered shortly.

 

[bekdik]

Hmm, so millions are using a bunch of non whatsapp services to communicate that whatsapp is broken. Kind of sets the value of whatsapp at much less than what zuck paid. I wonder how he explains that to his shareholders

 

[RudderVator]

I use bbm when whatsapp isnt working. It's the most consistent messenger so far. And it has epic emoji to boot

+1

 

[Farmboy]

Yup whatsapp down here in the Northern cape too. Can't believe it

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Hmm, so millions are using a bunch of non whatsapp services to communicate that whatsapp is broken. Kind of sets the value of whatsapp at much less than what zuck paid. I wonder how he explains that to his shareholders

Yo! Zuck it up guys! I just bought whatsapp, my IT gurus will integrate it with facetube...

 

[Farmboy]

whatsapp shares must be plummeting like the rand now

This...

 

[dj_jyno]

Thought there was something wrong with my phone - pretty relieved now.

 

[saor]

Yesss - I can still remember how to sms!

 

[Gunner182]

Mark prob busy uploading 450M WhatsApp chat history messages to NSA servers..

 

[akescpt]

People flock back to fb. Job done.

 

[S1ght]

2 dollars is not going to break the bank for full on end-to-end encryption.

How about free end to end encryption?

https://telegram.org/

Looks exactly like whatsapp but isn't.

 

[Impregim]

People flock back to fb. Job done.

Clever tactics_{The FB Business Model} ./ ;P

 

[jacodebeer]

People flock back to fb. Job done.

Fck that I'm using Hangouts

 

[Maverick Jester]

Damn. Facebook should have waited at least a month before trying to force ads onto Whatsapp...